Best Fabulous Fruit Bars Cookie Mix Recipes

FABULOUS FRUIT BARS

Steps:

• Combine 1 ¼ cup flour, ½ cup sugar, 1/3 cup applesauce, and baking powder.
• Cut in butter with pastry blender until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
• In separate bowl combine fruit, remaining applesauce, whole egg, egg white, lemon juice, and vanilla.
• In separate bowl combine remaining sugar, remaining flour, and cinnamon; add to fruit mixture and stir lightly.
• Press half of crumb mixture into bottom of sprayed 9x13 inch baking pan; top with fruit mixture and sprinkle with remaining crumb mixture.
• Bake 40 minutes at 350 degrees or until lightly browned; broil, 4 inches from heat, 1 to 2 minutes or until golden brown.
• Cool on wire rack 15 minutes.

HOLIDAY FRUIT BARS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Spray bottom and sides of 13x9-inch pan with cooking spray.
• In large bowl, stir base ingredients until soft dough forms. Press half of dough in bottom of pan.
• Spread pie filling over dough. Drop remaining dough by teaspoonfuls over filling.
• Bake 45 to 50 minutes or until golden brown. Cool 10 minutes.
• In small bowl, stir glaze ingredients until smooth. If necessary, add additional milk, 1 teaspoon at a time, until thin enough to drizzle. Drizzle glaze over warm bars. For bars, cut into 6 rows by 4 rows. Store covered at room temperature.

HOLIDAY FRUITCAKE BARS

Steps:

• Beat eggs with a mixer until they are golden yellow and doubled in volume - 2 or 3 minutes.
• Add in 1 cup sifted powdered sugar and vanilla.
• Mix together flour, baking powder and salt.
• Take 2 tablespoons of flour mixture and stir in with candied fruit, nuts and currants, to keep fruit from clumping in the batter.
• Add the rest of the flour mix to the eggs and sugar.
• Fold fruit and nuts into batter.
• Spoon batter into a well greased 11" by 7" pan.
• Some years I use parchment paper instead.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.
• Mix together rum and second cup of powdered sugar to make a glaze.
• Spread the icing onto the bars about 5 minutes after they've come out of the oven.
• Let bars cool and cut into bars.

FRESH FRUIT BARS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375 degrees.
• In a medium bowl, combine oranges, banana, apples, raisins, orange juice, and 1 tsp of the ground cinnamon; set aside.
• Beat together margarine, applesauce and brown sugar until creamy. Add flour, oatmeal and remaining 1/2 teaspoon of ground cinnamon, to the sugar mixture; mix well.
• Measure out 1 1/4 cups of the batter and reserve for topping. Lightly press the remaining oat mixture onto bottom of ungreased 9" x 13" baking pan. Bake 15 minutes.
• Remove from oven; spread fruit mixture evenly over crust to within 1/4" of the edges. Sprinkle oat mixture evenly over fruit, patting gently. Bake 16-20 minutes or until golden brown.
• Cool completely; cut into bars.
• Store loosely covered.

RASPBERRY STREUSEL BARS (COOKIE MIX)

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F
• Spray bottom of 8-inch square pan with cooking spray.
• In large bowl, stir cookie mix, butter, flour, almond extract and egg until soft dough forms.
• Press half of dough into bottom of pan; bake 15 minutes.
• Spread jam over base.
• Crumble remaining dough over jam.
• Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until golden brown.
• Cool completely, about 2 hours.
• For bars, cut into 5 rows by 5 rows.