Best Cape Cod Cranberry Bars Recipes

CRANBERRY BARS

Steps:

• This is good with a powder sugar glaze or lightly sifted powder sprinkled on top.
• Beat together eggs, butter, sugar and vanilla.
• Add flour and baking powder and mix well.
• Fold in nuts and cranberries.
• Mixture will be cookie-consistency. Spread into prepared 8x8 pan. (If using 9x12, you will need 1.5 times the recipe.).
• Bake@ 350 degrees 40-45 minutes (but start checking after 35).

CAPE COD CRANBERRY BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350. Lightly grease a 9 X 13 or 11 X 11 pan.
• For crust, in a medium bowl, whisk together flour, sugars, and salt. Add the flavorings, then use your fingers, a pastry blender, or a mixer to cut in the butter, mixing until everything is crumbly. Stir in the nuts. Set aside about 1 1/2 cups of crumbs, then press the remaining crumbs into the bottom of the prepared pan. Bake the crust for 15 minutes.
• To make the filling, in a food processor, combine the cranberries, apples, raspberries and sugar and pulse a few times to chop the cranberries. Add the flour and melted butter, pulsing briefly to combine.
• Spread the filling over the crust. Crumble the reserved crust mixture over the filling. Bake for 35 to 40 minutes, until the mixture bubbles and the crumbs on top are golden. Remove from oven and cool completely. Dust with powdered sugar and cut into bars.

CRANBERRY SQUARES ~ FLAVORS OF CAPE COD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a bowl mix together flour, sugar, baking powder, salt and baking soda. Stir in orange juice, shortening and egg. Mix until well blended. Carefully fold in cranberries and nuts. Turn into greased 9 X 13 X 2" pan. Sprinkle with streusel topping. Bake 30-35 minutes. Serve warm.
• STREUSEL TOPPING: Mix together until crumbly 1/4 cup flour, 2 tablespoons butter or margarine, 1/3 cup sugar and 3/4 teaspoon cinnamon. Sprinkle over top of cooled bars.
• To prepare Cranberry Squares using cranberry sauce, substiture one 8-oz can whole berry cranberry sauce for fresh cranberries, reduce sugar to 1/2 cup and orange juice to 1/2 cup !

CRANBERRY SQUARES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
• Grease a 9" x 13" Pan.
• Mix the butter with the sugar, and add the eggs and flour.
• Stir in the cranberries and pecans.
• Pour batter into greased pan, spreading out evenly.
• Bake at 325 degrees for 45 - 50 minutes.
• Cool. Cut into squares. At Christmas-time, you can add chopped green candied cherries. These also freeze well.