Festive Cranberry Coconut Bars Food

COCONUT CRANBERRY BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Mix cracker crumbs and melted butter until crumbly; press onto bottom of a greased 13x9-in. baking pan. In a large bowl, mix remaining ingredients; spread gently over crust., Bake until edges are golden brown, 25-28 minutes. Cool completely on a wire rack. Cut into bars.

COCONUT CRANBERRY BARS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F.
• Combine 1 1/2 cups flour and sugar in bowl; cut in butter with pastry blender or fork until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Press onto bottom of ungreased 13x9-inch baking pan. Bake 15 minutes or until edges are lightly browned.
• Combine all topping ingredients in bowl; mix well. Spread over hot, partially baked crust. Continue baking 20-25 minutes or until golden brown. Cool completely. Cut into bars.

COCONUT-CRANBERRY BARS WITH PECANS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a 9x13-inch baking dish with parchment paper or grease.
• Mix graham cracker crumbs and butter together in a bowl; press into the prepared baking dish.
• Stir cranberries, sweetened condensed milk, pecans, coconut, white chocolate chips, and bittersweet chocolate chips together in a bowl; gently spread over the graham cracker crust.
• Bake in the preheated oven until edges are golden brown, 25 to 28 minutes; cool on a wire rack.

CRANBERRY COCONUT BARS

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the flour, pecans, brown sugar and salt. Cut in butter until crumbly. Press onto a greased 9-in. square baking dish. Bake at 350° for 15-20 minutes or until edges are lightly browned., Meanwhile, in a large bowl, combine flour and baking powder. Combine the eggs, sugar, milk and vanilla; add to the dry ingredients. Fold in the cranberries, coconut, pecans and orange zest. Pour over crust. Bake 25-30 minutes longer or until set. Cool on a wire rack. Cut into bars. Refrigerate leftovers.

YUMMIEST CHEWY COCONUT CRANBERRY BARS

Steps:

• Base:
• Preheat oven. Mix flour, coconut, sugar, soda and salt. Add butter and molasses and mix until crumbly.
• Press mixture into greased (or baking-paper lined) 9�x13� (23cmx33cm) pan.
• Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 10 minutes.
• Topping:.
• Stir sugar, molasses and almond extract into beaten eggs.
• Mix together flour, baking powder and salt and stir into egg mixture.
• Add coconut and cranberries and mix.
• Pour over crust, spreading evenly. Sprinkle with almonds.
• Bake at 350 F (175 C) for 25 minutes or until medium brown.
• Cool and ice with lemon frosting (optional).
• (Optional) Lemon frosting: Whisk 1 cup powdered sugar with 3 tsp of lemon or lime juice. Add a bit of milk or more juice to achieve the taste and consistency you prefer.
• NOTE (for first reviewer): You need not cool the bottom layer after first bake - just dollop the topping over it and be very careful in spreading or flattening it, use a light hand. Thanks for trying it. Glad you liked the taste.

COCONUT CRANBERRY BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Combine graham cracker crumbs with melted butter.
• Press into 13 x 9 pan that has been sprayed with cooking spray.
• Sprinkle coconut, cranberries, vanilla chips and pecans over the crust.
• Pour condensed milk evenly over crust.
• Bake@ 350 degrees for 25-28 minutes or until edges are golden brown.
• Cool on wire rack Cut in bars.

FESTIVE CRANBERRY DRINK

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven, combine cranberries and 1 qt. water. Cook over medium heat until berries pop, about 15 minutes. Remove from the heat. Strain through a fine strainer, pressing mixture with a spoon; discard skins. Return cranberry pulp and juice to the pan. , Stir in the sugar, juices, Red Hots and remaining water. Place cloves on a double thickness of cheesecloth. Bring up corners of cloth and tie with kitchen string to form a bag; add to juice mixture. Bring to a boil; cook and stir until sugar and Red Hots are dissolved. , Remove from the heat. Strain through a fine mesh sieve or cheesecloth. Discard spice bag. Serve drink warm or cold.

CRANBERRY SHORTBREAD BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425°. In a large bowl, cream butter and confectioners' sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg. Combine flour, coconut and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. Set aside 1 cup for topping. Spread remaining mixture into a greased 13x9-in. baking dish. Bake 10 minutes., Meanwhile, in a small saucepan, combine sugars and cornstarch. Stir in cranberries and apple juice. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cook and stir 5 minutes or until thickened. Remove from heat; stir in walnuts. , Spread over crust. Sprinkle with reserved crumb mixture. Bake 20-25 minutes or until golden brown and bubbly. Cool on a wire rack. Drizzle with white chocolate. Cut into bars.

COCONUT CRANBERRY WALNUT BARS

Steps:

• 1. Pre- heat oven to 350 degree's. Get a 9x13 inch pans out
• 2. Combine first 3 ingredients. Mix flour and sugar together. slice the butter in to the flour mix. Get your hands in there and keep mixing and squeezing the flour in to the butter until you have pea size balls.
• 3. press in to the 13x9 inch pan bottom and slightly up the sides of the pan.Bake crust for about 15 minutes,or until crust sides are slightly browned.Remove from oven.
• 4. Slightly beat eggs,add brown sugar,flour,vanilla,salt,coconut,walnuts,and cranberries. Mix really well. Top the crust with this mixture. Smooth filling over crust. Return to oven and bake 20- minutes,or until top is browned nicely.
• 5. Cool and cut in to squares. Do not over brown these. When they are ready. They will be slightly brown. If you over brown them. They will taste dry,but still good. LOL

RASPBERRY COCONUT BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F.
• Beat butter, brown sugar and sugar together until fluffy.
• Add Flour, 1 cup coconut and oatmeal; mix together.
• Set aside 1 cup of dough.
• Press remaining dough evenly over the bottom of a 9x13-inch pan.
• Spread raspberry over the dough.
• Crumble remaining dough over raspberry. Sprinkle 1 cup coconut over the dough.
• Bake for 25 minutes.
• Remove from the oven and allow to cool completely.
• Cut into squares and serve.

LEMON COCONUT BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F degrees.
• Lightly grease a 13x9 baking pan; set aside.
• In a medium bowl, combine flour& powdered sugar; cut in margarine with pastry blender until crumbly.
• Press mixture into bottom of prepared 13x9 pan & bake for 15 minutes.
• Meanwhile in a large bowl, combine eggs, sugar, baking powder & lemon juice.
• Pour over crust and top with coconut.
• Bake 20 minutes or until golden.
• Cool completely & cut into bars.
• Store in refrigerator.
• NOTE: For plain lemon bars, omit coconut & add 3 Tbsp flour to egg mixture, and proceed as above.

COCONUT BARS

Steps:

• Melt butter in pan, remove from heat and add brown sugar, stir until dissolved cool slightly.
• add eggs and vanilla.
• Beat well.
• stir in flour and baking powder.
• Mix thourghly add coconut.
• pour into 9x13 pan sprayed w/Pam.
• bake at 350 30 minutes cut while warm.

COCONUT-CRANBERRY BARS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13-inch pan.
• Combine cracker crumbs and melted butter. Press into the prepared pan.
• Combine condensed milk, chocolate chips, cranberries, coconut, and pecans in a bowl; mix well. Gently spread over the crust.
• Bake in the preheated oven until the edges are brown and the chips have almost fully melted, 25 to 28 minutes. Remove from the oven and cool to room temperature, about 30 minutes. Cut into 36 bars.