Cranberry Graham Squares Food

CRANBERRY SQUARES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Mix oats, flour, sugar and baking powder in large bowl. Cut in butter with pastry blender or 2 knives until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
• Press 2/3 of the oat mixture firmly onto bottom of 9-inch square baking dish; top with Brandied Cranberry Sauce. Sprinkle with remaining oat mixture.
• Bake 30 minutes or until topping is lightly browned. Cool completely on wire rack. Cut into 24 squares to serve.

CRANBERRY SQUARES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• In a large bowl, stir together the sugar, flour, baking powder and salt. Cut in the butter or margarine until the lumps are no larger than peas. Stir in the egg just a little bit, but allow the mixture to stay somewhat crumbly.
• Sprinkle half of the mixture in an even layer in the bottom of a 9x13 inch pan. Pack down into a solid crust. Spread the cranberry sauce over the crust. Crumble the remaining mixture over the cranberry sauce.
• Bake for 40 minutes in the preheated oven, until the top is golden brown. Cool before slicing into bars.

CRANBERRY CRUMB SQUARES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C). Cream together soft butter and icing sugar until fluffy.
• Gradually stir in 1 1/2 cups (375 mL) flour.
• Press onto bottom of 13 x 9-inch (3.5 L) baking pan.
• Bake about 15 minutes or until lightly browned.
• Reduce temperature to 325 degrees (160 degrees C). In large mixer bowl, beat cream cheese until fluffy.
• Gradually beat in condensed milk until smooth.
• Stir in ReaLemon.
• Pour over prepared crust.
• In small bowl, combine 1 tablespoons (15 mL) of the brown sugar and cornstarch; mix well.
• Stir in cranberry sauce. Spoon evenly over cheese mixture. In medium mixing bowl, combine remaining brown sugar and 1/3 cup (75 mL) flour.
• Cut in cold butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
• Stir in nuts.
• Sprinkle evenly over cranberry mixture.
• Bake 45 to 50 minute or until bubbly and golden.
• Cool.
• Serve warm or chilled.
• Cover leftovers; refrigerate.

CRANBERRY CHEESECAKE SQUARES

Steps:

• Before beginning, set all ingredients out on the counter to come to room temperature. This is very important because it ensures a creamy cheesecake.
• Cranberry Swirl
• Begin by making the cranberry swirl sauce. Add the cranberries, sugar, orange juice and salt to a medium saucepan.
• Bring the mixture to a slow boil over medium heat. Reduce the heat to medium-low and let it simmer for 25 min., stirring occasionally, until the cranberries have burst and the mixture has gotten thick. (Don't break up the cranberries too much because you want to have nice juicy bursts in the squares. )
• Remove from the heat and let this cool a bit while you make the cheesecake.
• Cheesecake Squares
• Preheat the oven to 325ºF and put a large pot of water on to boil. When it reaches the boiling point, pour it into a casserole dish or oven-safe pot placed on the bottom rack of the oven, filling the casserole dish almost all of the way. (This acts as a makeshift water bath and turns the oven into a "steam room," ensuring that the crust won't crack.)
• To make the crust, mix together the graham cracker crumbs, butter and brown sugar.
• Grease a 9x13-inch casserole dish, and line it with parchment paper so you can easily pull the squares out of the dish when you want to slice and serve.
• Press the graham cracker mixture onto the bottom of the dish and set aside.
• To make the cheesecake filling, add the cream cheese to a bowl and beat with a standing or hand-held mixer for 30 seconds, or until smooth. Add the sugar and cream together for about 1 minute.
• Crack the eggs into a separate bowl. Add the eggs, 1 at a time, to the cream cheese, scraping the side of the bowl after each addition.
• Add the sour cream and heavy cream and beat until everything is mixed well. Pour the cheesecake mixture into the dish.
• Spoon tablespoon-sized dollops of the cranberry swirl sauce all over the cheesecake. Using a toothpick or skewer, swirl the sauce all over the pan making a design of your liking.
• Place the dish on the middle rack of the oven.
• Bake for about 1 hour. The cheesecake will be done when the side looks set but the center still jiggles slightly when nudged.
• Turn the oven off and prop the door open a little bit. Allow the cheesecake to cool for an hour in the oven.
• After the hour has passed, allow the cheesecake to cool completely before placing in the fridge to cool for at least 2 hours.
• When you're ready to serve, pull up on the parchment to remove the sheet of cheesecake. Slice into squares, cleaning the knife between each slice to get a clean cut.

NUTTY CRANBERRY-GRAHAM BREAK-AWAYS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F.
• Arrange grahams in single layer in 15x10x1-inch pan.
• Bring butter, sugar and cinnamon to boil in saucepan on medium heat, stirring occasionally; cook 1 to 2 min. or until butter is completely melted and mixture is well blended, stirring frequently. Pour over grahams; immediately spread to completely cover grahams. Sprinkle with nuts.
• Bake 6 to 8 min. or until topping is lightly browned and bubbly. Top with cranberries; bake 2 min. Cool completely before breaking into squares.

CRANBERRY BUTTERSCOTCH SQUARES

Steps:

• Spray a 12 x 18 cookie sheet (with raised edges) with Pam, then line the graham crackers, you can break them by hand to fit, covering entire pan.
• In a large pot, melt margarine ove med. high heat.
• Add brown sugar and milk, boil for 3 min's.
• Remove from heat, stir in vanilla, graham crumbs and dried cranberries.
• Spoon over the graham crackers, chill until firm.
• FROSTING:
• Beat softend margarine with milk and almond extract.
• Add the icing sugar and beat until smooth.
• You may add more milk or icing sugar, mixture should be firm, but soft enough to spread.
• Beat in 1 - 2 drops of red food colouring, the frosting should be a pretty pink.
• Frost the squares, dot with dried cranberries.
• Chill, then cut 8 down and 12 across.