Marry macadamia nuts and cranberries with an easy sugar cookie base to create an easy holiday bar.
Cranberry-Macadamia Bars
- Prep Time 15 min
- Total 45 min
- Servings 40
- Ingredients 9
Ingredients
- 1 pouch (17.5 oz) Betty Crocker™ Sugar Cookie Mix
- 1/3 cup butter or margarine, melted
- 1 egg
- 1/3 cup butter or margarine
- 1/4 cup packed brown sugar
- 1 cup sweetened dried cranberries
- 1 cup macadamia nuts, coarsely chopped
- 1/2 cup white vanilla baking chips
- 1 teaspoon oil
Instructions
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Step1Blend cookie mix, 1/3 cup butter and egg until soft dough forms. Press dough in bottom of greased 9-inch square pan. Bake at 350°F 15 minutes.
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Step2Heat 1/3 cup butter, brown sugar and cranberries over medium heat, stirring constantly, until mixture comes to a boil. Spoon and spread cranberry mixture evenly over partially baked cookie base. Sprinkle with nuts. Bake 10 to 15 minutes or until light golden brown. Cool completely.
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Step3In resealable freezer plastic bag, mix baking chips and oil; seal bag. Microwave on High 30 to 45 seconds, squeezing mixture in bag every 15 seconds until smooth. Cut 1/4-inch top from corner of bag; drizzle over bars.
Nutrition
130
Calories
7g
Total Fat
1g
Protein
15g
Total Carbohydrate
11g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Bar
- Calories
- 130
- Calories from Fat
- 70
- Total Fat
- 7g
- 11%
- Saturated Fat
- 3 1/2g
- 16%
- Trans Fat
- 1/2g
- Cholesterol
- 15mg
- 4%
- Sodium
- 65mg
- 3%
- Potassium
- 20mg
- 1%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 15g
- 5%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Sugars
- 11g
- Protein
- 1g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 2%
- 2%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 0%
- 0%
- Iron
- 0%
- 0%
Exchanges:
0 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 1/2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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