Add some delicious cheer to those dessert plates with a bright, fruity bar filling atop a simple, sweet crust. They’re chock full of honey-glazed cranberries and apricots.
Cranberry-Apricot Bars
- Prep Time 20 min
- Total 1 hr 40 min
- Servings 16
- Ingredients 9
Ingredients
Crust
- 1 1/4 cups Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened
- 1/4 cup sugar
Filling
- 1/2 cup chopped dried apricots
- 1/2 cup sweetened dried cranberries
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch
- 1/4 cup honey
- 3 tablespoons orange juice

Make With
Gold Medal Flour
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 350°F. Line 8-inch square pan with foil; spray foil with cooking spray. In large bowl, beat crust ingredients with electric mixer on low speed until mixture looks like coarse crumbs. Press in pan.
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Step2Bake 28 to 30 minutes or until light golden brown. Meanwhile, in medium bowl, mix filling ingredients.
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Step3Remove partially baked crust from oven. Reduce oven temperature to 325°F. Spread filling evenly over crust.
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Step4Bake 8 to 10 minutes longer or until mixture is set and appears glossy. Cool completely, about 45 minutes. For bars, cut into 4 rows by 4 rows.
Nutrition
160
Calories
6g
Total Fat
1g
Protein
24g
Total Carbohydrate
16g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Bar
- Calories
- 160
- Calories from Fat
- 50
- Total Fat
- 6g
- 9%
- Saturated Fat
- 3 1/2g
- 18%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 15mg
- 5%
- Sodium
- 40mg
- 2%
- Potassium
- 70mg
- 2%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 24g
- 8%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Sugars
- 16g
- Protein
- 1g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 6%
- 6%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 0%
- 0%
- Iron
- 4%
- 4%
Exchanges:
1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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