Best Holiday Fruit Bars Recipes

HOLIDAY FRUIT BARS

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Honorable Mention - Contest Recipe 2007! Bake a warm and cozy fruit dessert bar using cookie mix and pie filling, ingredients already in your cupboard.

Provided by By Betty Crocker Kitchens

Categories Dessert

Time 1h20m

Yield 24

Number Of Ingredients 8

Ingredients

2 pouches (1 lb 1.5 oz each) Betty Crocker™ sugar cookie mix
1 cup butter or margarine, softened
1/2 teaspoon almond extract
2 eggs
1 can (21 oz) cherry pie filling
1 cup powdered sugar
1 tablespoon milk
1/4 teaspoon almond extract

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.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 300, Carbohydrate 45 g, Cholesterol 40 mg, Fat 2, Fiber 0 g, Protein 2 g, SaturatedFat 6 g, ServingSize 1 Bar, Sodium 160 mg, Sugar 30 g, TransFat 2 g

HOLIDAY FRUIT BARS

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Categories Citrus Dessert Bake Christmas

Yield a batch

Number Of Ingredients 13

Ingredients

1 c sugar
1 stick butter
1 egg
1/2 c orange juice
2 1/2 c flour
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp baking powder
1 c candied fruit
1 c raisins
1/2 c chopped walnuts
( some use less raisins than walnuts)

Steps:

Mix together the sugar,butter and 1 egg Add the OJ and mix in. In a separate bowl mix flour, salt, nutmeg, cinnamon, and baking powder. Then add sugar to mixture. Work in candied fruit, raisins and walnuts Form into 2 balls and roll each into 1/2 " thick pieces Cut into 4" strips. Bake 25 to 20 min at 350.