Fresh Cranberry Bars

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  • Prep Time

    15 mins

  • Cook Time

    15 mins

  • Total Time

    1 hr

  • Servings

    12 bars

  • Calories

    260 kcal

  • Course

    Dessert

  • Cuisine

    American

Fresh Cranberry Bars

Fresh Cranberry Bars are buttery shortbread crumble bars bursting with fresh tart cranberries and the combination is pure heaven. If you haven't baked with zingy cranberries yet, now is the time to start!

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Ingredients

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  • 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, at room temperature
  • 2/3 cup sugar
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 Tbsp vanilla bean paste, or vanilla extract
  • 2 cups cake flour, or you can use regular flour
  • 1 1/2 cups fresh cranberries, rinsed and patted dry
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Instructions

  1. Set the oven to 350F
  2. Cream the butter and sugar together. Beat in the salt and vanilla.
  3. Mix in the flour, just until combined.
  4. Line an 8x8 or 9x9 baking pan with parchment paper or foil with overhanging edges, this will make it easy to lift the bars out of the pan for cutting. Alternatively you can just lightly spray the pan with non-stick spray.
  5. Using your fingers, pat 2/3 of the dough into the bottom of the pan. The dough will be soft and sticky, do your best to cover the entire surface of the bottom, but you don't need to compact the dough, just lightly pat it down.
  6. Spread the cranberries out across the dough, and then, using your fingers again, crumble the remaining dough on top. Try to get the dough in smallish crumbles, but don't worry about covering all the cranberries, they will show through.
  7. Bake for about 45-50 minutes until just beginning to get golden around the edges.
  8. Cool on a rack.

Nutrition Information

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Calories 260kcal (13%) Carbohydrates 28g (9%) Protein 3g (6%) Fat 16g (25%) Saturated Fat 10g (50%) Polyunsaturated Fat 1g Monounsaturated Fat 4g Trans Fat 1g Cholesterol 41mg (14%) Sodium 100mg (4%) Potassium 36mg (1%) Fiber 1g (4%) Sugar 12g (24%) Vitamin A 481IU (10%) Vitamin C 2mg (2%) Calcium 9mg (1%) Iron 1mg (6%)

Nutrition Facts

Serving: 12bars

Amount Per Serving

Calories 260 kcal

% Daily Value*

Calories 260kcal 13%
Carbohydrates 28g 9%
Protein 3g 6%
Fat 16g 25%
Saturated Fat 10g 50%
Polyunsaturated Fat 1g 6%
Monounsaturated Fat 4g 20%
Trans Fat 1g 50%
Cholesterol 41mg 14%
Sodium 100mg 4%
Potassium 36mg 1%
Fiber 1g 4%
Sugar 12g 24%
Vitamin A 481IU 10%
Vitamin C 2mg 2%
Calcium 9mg 1%
Iron 1mg 6%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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