Best Holiday Fruitcake Bars Recipes

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.

HOLIDAY FRUITCAKE BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degress Fahrenheit.
• Melt butter in a 15x10x1 inch jelly roll pan.
• sprinkle dry bread mix evenly over melted butter.
• Sprinkle coconut evenly.
• Distribute candied fruit evenly over coconut.
• Distribute dates evenly over candied fruit.
• Sprinkle with nuts.
• Press mixture lightly.
• Pour condensed milk over top.
• Spread milk evenly.
• Bake for 20-30 minutes our until set and lightly browned.
• Cool in pan for 30 minute.
• While still slightly war cut into bars and remove from pan.

HOLIDAY FRUITCAKE BARS

Steps:

• Pour butter into a 15x10x1-in. baking pan. Sprinkle with wafer crumbs. Arrange pecans and fruit over crumbs; press down gently. Combine milk and vanilla; pour evenly over fruit. Bake at 350° for 20-25 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool on a wire rack.