Cranberry Crumb Bars

By carvalhohm

Ingredients

• Crust and Topping:
• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup ground slivered almonds
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup cold butter
• 1 egg
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• Filling:
• 4 cups fresh or frozen cranberries
• 1 cup sugar
• Juice of 1/2 orange (4 teaspoons)
• 1 tablespoon cornstarch
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

Details

Servings 4
Cooking time 240mins
Adapted from bettycrocker.com

Preparation

Step 1

1 Heat oven to 375°F. Grease 13x9-inch pan with butter or cooking spray.

2 In large bowl, mix flour, 1 cup sugar, the almonds, baking powder and salt. Cut in butter, using pastry blender (or pulling 2 table knives through ingredients in opposite directions), until mixture looks like coarse crumbs. Stir in egg. Press 2 1/2 cups of crumb mixture in bottom of pan. Stir cinnamon into remaining crumb mixture; set aside.

3 In medium bowl, stir all filling ingredients. Spoon evenly over crust. Spoon reserved crumb mixture evenly over filling.

4 Bake 45 to 55 minutes or until top is light golden brown. Cool completely. Refrigerate until chilled. Cut into 6 rows by 4 rows. Store tightly covered in refrigerator.

Serves 4

A food processor works great for grinding the almonds. You will need about 2/3 cup slivered almonds to measure 1/2 cup ground almonds.

1 Bar Calories210 ( Calories from Fat80), Total Fat9g (Saturated Fat5g, Trans Fat0g ), Cholesterol30mg Sodium105mg Total Carbohydrate30g (Dietary Fiber1g Sugars18g ), Protein2g