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Double Cherry Streusel Bars
Ingredients For: Double Cherry Streusel Bars
2 cups water
1 cup dried tart cherries or dried cranberries, snipped
2 cups quick-cooking rolled oats
1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1-1/2 cups packed brown sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup butter (no substitutes)
1/2 cup coarsely chopped slivered almonds
2 12-ounce jars cherry preserves (2 cups total)
1 teaspoon finely shredded lemon peel
Instructions For: Double Cherry Streusel Bars
Bring water to boiling in a small saucepan. Remove from heat. Add dried cherries or cranberries, and let stand for 10 minutes or until softened. Drain fruit and set aside.
Preheat oven to 350 degree F.
Double Cherry Streusel Bars crust, stir together oats, flour, brown sugar, baking powder, and baking soda in a large mixing bowl. Using a pastry blender cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Reserve 1 cup of the crumb mixture. Stir almonds into the reserved crumb mixture; set aside.
Press remaining crumb mixture into the bottom of an un-greased 15x10x1-inch baking pan. Bake in the preheated oven for 12 minutes.
Meanwhile, double cherry streusel bars filling, stir together the drained cherries or cranberries, cherry preserves, and lemon peel. Spread the filling evenly over baked crust; sprinkle with reserved crumb mixture.
Bake double cherry streusel bars 20 to 25 minutes more or until top is golden brown. Cool completely in pan on a wire rack. Cut into bars. Makes 48 bars.
Double Cherry Streusel Bars consist of batter or other ingredients that are poured or pressed into a pan (sometimes in multiple layers), and cut into cookie-sized pieces after baking. Brownies are an example of a batter-type bar cookie, while Rice krispie treats are a bar cookie recipe that doesn't require baking
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