Fabulous Fruit Bars Cookie Mix Food

HOLIDAY FRUIT BARS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Spray bottom and sides of 13x9-inch pan with cooking spray.
• In large bowl, stir base ingredients until soft dough forms. Press half of dough in bottom of pan.
• Spread pie filling over dough. Drop remaining dough by teaspoonfuls over filling.
• Bake 45 to 50 minutes or until golden brown. Cool 10 minutes.
• In small bowl, stir glaze ingredients until smooth. If necessary, add additional milk, 1 teaspoon at a time, until thin enough to drizzle. Drizzle glaze over warm bars. For bars, cut into 6 rows by 4 rows. Store covered at room temperature.

FRUIT OATMEAL COOKIE BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13 inch pan.
• Combine the butter, brown sugar, flour, baking soda, salt and rolled oats. Press 2 cups of the mixture into the bottom of the prepared pan. Spread the preserves over the top and sprinkle with the remaining crumb mixture, gently pressing crumbs into jam.
• Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 35 to 40 minutes. Allow to cool before cutting.

DRIED-FRUIT BARS

Steps:

• To prepare crust: Combine 3/4 cup nuts (or oats), whole-wheat flour, all-purpose flour, sugar and salt in a food processor; pulse until the nuts are finely ground. Add butter; pulse until well incorporated.
• Whisk egg, oil, 1 teaspoon vanilla and almond extract in a small bowl. With the motor running, add the mixture
• to the food processor. Process, then pulse, scraping down the sides, if necessary, until the mixture begins to clump, 30 to 45 seconds (it will look crumbly). Measure out 1/2 cup of the mixture and combine in a bowl with the remaining 1/4 cup chopped nuts (or oats). Set aside for the topping.
• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Generously coat a 9-by-13-inch baking dish with cooking spray.
• To prepare fruit filling & assemble bars: Combine 2 cups dried fruit, cider, sugar and cornstarch in a large saucepan. Bring to a simmer over medium heat, stirring constantly, until the mixture is very thick, 4 to 5 minutes. Stir in the remaining 1 1/4 cups dried fruit and 1 teaspoon vanilla.
• Transfer the dough to the prepared baking dish. Spread evenly and press firmly into the bottom to form a crust. Spread the fruit filling over the crust. Sprinkle the reserved topping over the filling.
• Bake the bars for 15 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 350 degrees and bake until the crust and topping are lightly brown, 25 to 30 minutes more. Let cool completely before cutting into bars, at least 1 1/2 hours.

FABULOUS FRUIT BARS (COOKIE MIX)

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F
• Spray bottom and sides of 13x9-inch pan with cooking spray.
• In large bowl, stir base ingredients until soft dough forms.
• Press half of dough in bottom of pan.
• Spread pie filling over dough.
• Drop remaining dough by teaspoonfuls over filling.
• Bake 45 to 50 minutes or until golden brown.
• Cool 10 minutes.
• In small bowl, stir glaze ingredients until smooth.
• If necessary, add additional milk, 1 teaspoon at a time, until thin enough to drizzle.
• Drizzle glaze over warm bars.
• For bars, cut into 6 rows by 4 rows.
• Store covered at room temperature.

FABULOUS FRUIT BARS

Steps:

• Combine 1 ¼ cup flour, ½ cup sugar, 1/3 cup applesauce, and baking powder.
• Cut in butter with pastry blender until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
• In separate bowl combine fruit, remaining applesauce, whole egg, egg white, lemon juice, and vanilla.
• In separate bowl combine remaining sugar, remaining flour, and cinnamon; add to fruit mixture and stir lightly.
• Press half of crumb mixture into bottom of sprayed 9x13 inch baking pan; top with fruit mixture and sprinkle with remaining crumb mixture.
• Bake 40 minutes at 350 degrees or until lightly browned; broil, 4 inches from heat, 1 to 2 minutes or until golden brown.
• Cool on wire rack 15 minutes.

FRUIT COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 170C/ gas mark 4.
• Sprinkle a very light dusting of flour onto the baking tray
• Beat the margarine and sugar together until fluffy. Stir in the flour and chopped dried fruit to make a soft dough.
• Turn out the dough onto a lightly floured work surface and divided the mixture in to 10-12 even sized balls
• Place them apart on the baking tray and flatten well with the back of the tablespoon.
• Cook for 12-15mins until evenly browned.
• Let cool a little before removing from the tray and placing to cool on the wire wrack.

FRUIT COCKTAIL BARS

Steps:

• In a large bowl, beat sugar and eggs until blended. Beat in fruit cocktail and vanilla. Combine the flour, baking soda and salt; add to the creamed mixture until well blended. , Pour into a greased 15x10x1-in. baking pan. Sprinkle with coconut and walnuts. Bake at 350° for 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool on a rack for 10 minutes. , In a small saucepan, bring the sugar, butter and milk to a boil. Remove from the heat; stir in vanilla. Drizzle over cake. Cool. Cut into bars.