These Cranberry Dessert Bars Are Easy to Make

• Vegetarian

• Produce

  • 2 cups Cranberries, fresh

• Refrigerated

  • 3 Eggs, large

• Condiments

  • 1 Cherry-cranberry sauce

• Baking & Spices

  • 2 cups All-purpose flour
  • 1 tsp Almond extract
  • 1 Confectioners' sugar
  • 2 cups Sugar

• Nuts & Seeds

  • 2/3 cup Pecans

• Dairy

  • 3/4 cup Butter

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Description

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup softened butter
• 2 cups sugar
• 3 large eggs
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon almond extract
• 2 cups washed fresh cranberries
• 2/3 cup chopped pecans
• Confectioners sugar
• Cherry-Cranberry Sauce (optional)

Directions

• Preparation Heat oven to 350 degrees. In a large bowl, cream butter with sugar for 5 minutes. Add eggs and beat another 2 minutes. Mix in flour and almond extract. Fold in cranberries and pecans until well combined. Coat a 13x9-inch pan with cooking spray (and dust with flour, if desired). Spread batter evenly in pan and bake 40-45 minutes or until toothpick tests clean (except for cranberry juice). Cool on a wire rack. When cool, sprinkle with confectioners' sugar. Cut into bars of desired size. Serve warm or cold with Cherry-Cranberry Sauce, if desired.