Cranberry Crumb Bars (Perfect Thanksgiving Dessert)
Here’s a delicious treat that tastes as yummy as it looks and would be a perfect end to your Thanksgiving feast. Your guests will love these festive cranberry crumb bars. The star of this show is cranberries – they taste tart and sweet with the orange zest and sugar. You’ll want to grind up the almonds first in a food processor or very high powered blender until they are more like almond flour, not paste, so be careful. Gluten-free flour can also be substituted and your cranberries can be fresh or frozen (no need to thaw if they are indeed frozen).
Cranberry Crumb Bars
yield: 24 SERVINGS
cook time: 55 MINUTES
total time: 55 MINUTES
Delicious cranberry filled crumb bars are perfect desserts for any gathering or sweet treat.
Ingredients
Crust and Topping:
- 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup ground slivered almonds
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 cup cold butter
- 1 egg
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Filling:
- Juice of 1/2 of an orange
- Zest of one orange
- 4 cups fresh cranberries
- 1 cup white sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 Tablespoon cornstarch
Directions
1
Preheat oven to 375°F. Grease 13×9-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.
3
Stir in egg. Press 2 1/2 cups of crumb mixture in bottom of pan. Stir cinnamon into remaining crumb mixture; set aside.
4
In medium bowl, stir all filling ingredients. Spoon evenly over crust. Spoon reserved crumb mixture evenly over filling.
5
Bake 45 to 55 minutes or until top is light golden brown. Cool onlinepletely. Refrigerate until chilled. Cut into 6 rows by 4 rows. Store tightly covered in refrigerator. Makes 24 bars.
Recipe Adapted from Betty Crocker
If you want to serve them hot out of the oven with a little vanilla ice cream, then go for it. (They just won’t be set up enough for square shapes.) Below is how they look after being in the fridge for a couple hours.
They look beautiful, taste wonderful, and are really simple to make! Enjoy 🙂
