Ingredients
- 6 cups tiny pretzel twists
- 2 tablespoons packed brown sugar
- 1/2 1/2
- cup butter, melted
- 1 1/2 1 1/2
- cups dried cranberries
- 1 1/2 1 1/2
- cups lightly salted mixed nuts
- 1 cup white baking pieces or semisweet chocolate pieces
- 1/2 1/2
- cup granulated sugar
- 1/3 1/3
- cup butter
- 1/3 1/3
- cup light-color corn syrup
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1/4 1/4
- teaspoon baking soda
Preparation
Step 1
1. Preheat oven to 325F. Lightly grease a 13x9x2-inch baking pan; set pan aside.
2. Combine pretzels, brown sugar, and melted butter in a food processor container. Cover and process until mixture resembles fine crumbs, scraping sides of container occasionally. Press crumb mixture onto bottom of prepared baking pan. Bake in preheated oven for 10 minutes. Sprinkle cranberries, nuts, and baking pieces evenly over crust.
3. Combine granulated sugar, 1/3 cup butter, and corn syrup in a small saucepan. Bring to boiling over medium heat, stirring constantly (this will take about 10 minutes). Remove from heat. Stir in vanilla and baking soda. Pour syrup mixture evenly over cranberry-nut layer.
4. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes or until syrup mixture is bubbly over entire surface. Cool completely in pan on a wire rack. Cut into bars. Makes 24 cookies.
From the Test Kitchen
•Storage Place bars in a single layer in an airtight container; cover. Store at room temperature for up to 3 days or freeze for up to 1 month. Thaw bars, if frozen, before serving.
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Submit CommentReviews (9) 498566760mmhowe wrote: When making bars it is necessary to use a metal pan or else the crust completely falls apart.
12/3/2010 09:26:07 PM Report Abuse ekstrandb wrote: This was a waste of good ingredients. We had to eat the results in bowls with spoons, and I had planned on serving these at an open house. The "syrup" was also a disaster.
12/22/2009 06:55:17 PM Report Abuse h2osafe1383147 wrote: Oh, my! Yum, yum, yum! Pleased to give as gifts.
12/21/2009 08:39:20 AM Report Abuse AmaBGood wrote: To capebay and dorretageorge -- Just a thought, but maybe mixing some egg or some egg white into the crust ingredients would help bind it together better. Haven't yet tried them myself but I'm going to add the egg, to experiment and prevent disappointment. Happy holidays, everybody!
12/11/2009 04:43:42 PM Report Abuse capebay wrote: I have made this two times now and the first time I used pretzel sticks for the crust and that didn't work but the top part was very good. I tried it one more time with the tiny twist pretzels because I thought it was a measurement problems using the wrong pretzels. The crust was crumbs, so I would either use more butter or less pretzel crumbs if I would make it again.