Cranberry Streusel Bars Food

CRANBERRY STREUSEL BARS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 300°F. Line the bottom and sides of an 8-inch baking pan with parchment paper, leaving enough overhang on all sides. Set aside.For the crust:Combine the melted butter, sugar, vanilla, and salt together in a medium bowl. Add the flour and stir until everything is combined. Press the mixture evenly into the prepared baking pan. Bake for 15 minutes.For the filling: Combine the cranberries, flour, granulated sugar, cinnamon, and nutmeg together in a large bowl until all of the cranberries are evenly coated. For the streusel: Combine the oats, brown sugar, cinnamon, and flour together in a medium bowl. Cut in the chilled butter with a pastry blender until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Remove the crust from the oven, increase heat to 350°F. Pour the cranberry mixture on top of the warm crust. Sprinkle the cranberry layer with streusel and bake for 30-35 minutes or until the streusel is golden brown.

KETO CRANBERRY STREUSEL BARS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Spray an 8x8-inch baking pan with cooking spray and set aside.
• Pour almond flour, sweetener, melted butter, and almond extract for crust in a medium bowl and mix well. Set aside 1/3 of the mixture to be used later for the streusel topping. Press remaining 2/3 of the mixture into the prepared baking pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until partially golden, about 5 minutes. Remove and set aside.
• Combine cranberries, sweetener, orange juice, orange zest, and arrowroot powder in a small saucepan. Bring to a boil over medium heat; reduce heat to medium-low and let simmer until all of the cranberries have popped, about 10 minutes. Remove from heat and let cool for about 5 minutes. Spread cranberry filling over the crust.
• Stir pecans and cinnamon into the remaining crust mixture, mixing until incorporated. Sprinkle streusel topping evenly over the cranberry mixture.
• Bake in the preheated oven until set, about 30 minutes. Remove from the oven and cool completely before cutting into bars, 30 minutes to 1 hour.

CRANBERRY STREUSEL MUFFINS

Steps:

• Mix sugar, oil and eggs.
• Add orange juice.
• Mix dry ingredients, orange peel and walnuts.
• Add to egg mixture.
• Fold in cranberries.
• Spoon into greased muffin cups.
• Mix streusel topping and sprinkle on top of the muffins.
• Bake 18-20 mins 400°F.
• Can drizzle the tops with icing sugar and orange juice mixture after removing from the oven.

CRANBERRY ORANGE STREUSEL BARS

Steps:

• Let cranberries stand at room temp 1 hour.
• Place 1 rack in middle of oven and preheat to 350.
• Line 9x13 baking pan with foil, leaving overhand on all sides and generously grease foil.
• Combine flour, oats, sugar, nutmeg, baking powder and salt in a bowl.
• Work butter in with your fingers until creamy. Reserve 1 cup.
• Press into prepared pan. Bake until light golden brown, about 12 minutes.
• Grate 1 teaspoon orange peal and squeeze 1/3 cup juice from orange. In medium bowl, whisk with milk, egg yolks, vanilla until well combined.
• Sprinkle cranberries evenly over the hot crust. Pour mixture over berries. Use spatula to gently distribute evenly. Bake 7 minutes or until orange mixture just begins to form a skin around the edges.
• Remove pan from oven and sprinkle evenly with reserved topping, then almonds. Bake 30 minutes or until filling bubbles and topping is golden brown.
• Cool in pan on wire rack 1 hour.
• Carefully lift out of pan. Cool completely on wire rack.
• Remove foil and cut into 24 bars.
• Serve or store in airtight container up to 3 days or freezer up to 3 months.

STRAWBERRY & CINNAMON STREUSEL BARS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4 and line a 22cm square tin with baking parchment. Slice the strawberries thinly and mix well with 4 tsp lemon juice, then put them in a sieve over a bowl and set aside to macerate, discarding the liquid that drips into the bowl.
• Put the flour, 175g caster sugar, 1 tsp cinnamon and 1/2 tsp salt in a food processor. Scrape in the seeds from the vanilla pod, then add the softened butter and pulse until the mixture comes together. Spoon out a quarter of the mixture into a mixing bowl and set aside. Tip the rest of the mixture into the bottom of your tin and press down firmly to make an even base. Prick a few times with a fork, then bake for 25 mins until golden.
• While the base is cooking, add the cold butter, remaining sugar, the oats, hazelnuts, remaining cinnamon and the lemon zest to the reserved mixture. Use your fingers to rub together until crumbly.
• When the base is done, mix the sliced strawberries with the jam and arrange on top. Sprinkle over the crumbly topping and bake for another 30-35 mins until the top is golden and the strawberries juicy and bubbling. Leave to cool completely in the tin before cutting into bars or squares.