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Stack of Cranberry Bars

Cranberry Bars

Catherine
This easy to make recipe for Cranberry Bars is a delicious way to use up leftover cranberry sauce! They're so good, you'll want to whip up some sauce just to have an excuse to make them!
5 from 7 votes
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 9 servings
Calories 328 kcal

Ingredients
 
 

  • 3/4 cup butter melted
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 2 cups all purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup Cranberry Sauce

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 350F and line a 9×9 inch pan with parchment paper (Let the parchment overhang up the sides of the pan so you can easily lift it out of the pan when they’re done cooling).
  • In a large bowl, mix together the melted butter and sugar. Add the flour, baking powder vanilla extract, cinnamon and salt and stir together until the mixture is crumbly.
  • Spread half of the mixture onto the bottom of the baking pan and press down to form the crust.
  • Add a layer of cranberry sauce over the crust. Then, sprinkle the remaining crumble mixture over top of the filling.
  • Bake the bars for 30 minutes or until the crust turns a nice golden brown. Let cool before slicing.

Note: Metric ingredient measurements are provided as a courtesy using a third-party calculator and are rounded to the nearest unit. The recipes provided on this site have not been tested with metric measurements and their accuracy cannot be verified.

Nutrition

Calories: 328kcalCarbohydrates: 45gProtein: 3gFat: 16gSaturated Fat: 10gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 4gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 41mgSodium: 257mgPotassium: 44mgFiber: 1gSugar: 23gVitamin A: 486IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 37mgIron: 1mg

The nutritional information provided is based on third-party calculations and is an estimate only. Accurate nutritional facts will vary based on the particular brands used, portion sizes, measurement accuracy and more.

Keyword christmas leftovers, cranberry sauce, thanksgiving leftovers
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