Creamy Fruit Bars Recipes

CREAMY FRUIT BARS

Steps:

• Mix first 2 ingredients in medium bowl. Add boiling water; stir 2 min. until completely dissolved. Stir in sweetened condensed milk.
• Pour into 13x9-inch pan sprayed with cooking spray. Stir in berries.
• Refrigerate 3 hours or until firm. Cut into bars. Keep refrigerated.

FRESH FRUIT FIESTA BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• Base: In a bowl mix together flour, rolled oats and cinnamon.
• In another bowl, beat butter and sugar until smooth and creamy. Blend in flour mixture. Set aside 1 ¼ cups of mixture. Press remainder evenly into 13 by 9 inch, ungreased, cake pan. Bake in preheated oven for 15 minutes.
• Topping: In a bowl mix together oranges, banana, apples, raisins, orange juice and cinnamon. Spread topping evenly over warm base, leaving a space about a ¼ inch from the edges. Sprinkle reserved base mixture over top, patting down gently. Bake 15 to 20 minutes longer or until golden brown. Place pan on a rack to cool completely, then cut into bars.

FRESH FRUIT BARS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375 degrees.
• In a medium bowl, combine oranges, banana, apples, raisins, orange juice, and 1 tsp of the ground cinnamon; set aside.
• Beat together margarine, applesauce and brown sugar until creamy. Add flour, oatmeal and remaining 1/2 teaspoon of ground cinnamon, to the sugar mixture; mix well.
• Measure out 1 1/4 cups of the batter and reserve for topping. Lightly press the remaining oat mixture onto bottom of ungreased 9" x 13" baking pan. Bake 15 minutes.
• Remove from oven; spread fruit mixture evenly over crust to within 1/4" of the edges. Sprinkle oat mixture evenly over fruit, patting gently. Bake 16-20 minutes or until golden brown.
• Cool completely; cut into bars.
• Store loosely covered.

JELL-O FRUIT BARS

Steps:

• Mix first 2 ingredients in medium bowl. Add boiling water; stir 2 min.
• Pour into 13x9-inch pan sprayed with cooking spray. Stir in berries.
• Refrigerate 3 hours or until firm. Cut into bars.

CHOCOLATE FRUIT BARS II

Steps:

• Lightly butter a 7 or 8 inch square pan.
• Put all ingredients (except chocolate squares) into mixing bowl: mix well together. Press into pan; smooth surface.
• Melt chocolate in double broiler; spread evenly over top of mixture. Score with fork. Refrigerate until firm. Cut into small bars.

GRANDPA'S FRUIT BARS

Steps:

• In a small bowl, combine the raisins, dates and liqueur. Set aside.
• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
• In a large bowl, beat together the butter or margarine, the two sugars, the whole egg, the egg white and the vanilla extract until the mixture is light and fluffy.
• Add the cinnamon, nutmeg, orange peel, if using, flour and baking soda until thoroughly blended. Add the nuts and the macerated fruit. The dough will be sticky.
• Using well-floured hands or the back of a spoon, press the dough into a foil-lined, 10-by-15-inch jellyroll pan.
• Mix the yolk and the water. Using a pastry brush, brush the dough with the egg wash.
• Bake 20 to 25 minutes, until the dough is light golden. Cool 10 minutes, then cut into 1-by-2-inch bars.