Cran-Apple Streusel Bars

Cran-Apple Streusel Bars

Tags: Bars, Dessert/Sweets

  • Prep Time: 30 min
  • Cook Time: 25 min
  • Ready Time: 90 min
  • Yield: 28 bars

Ingredients

  • Crisco® Original No-Stick Cooking Spray
  • 2 1/4 cups Pillsbury BEST® All Purpose Flour, divided
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 2/3 cup butter, softened*
  • 1 (9 oz.) jar Dickinson's® Country Apple Butter
  • 1 (9.6 oz.) jar Dickinson's® Cranberry Relish
  • 1 teaspoon grated orange peel
  • 1 apple, peeled and thinly sliced

Preparation Directions

  • HEAT oven to 400°F. Spray 13 x 9-inch baking pan with no-stick cooking spray.
  • MIX 2 cups flour, sugar, cinnamon and salt in large bowl. Cut in butter using pastry blender or two knives until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Remove 1/2 cup mixture and set aside. Press remaining mixture into bottom of prepared pan.
  • BAKE 10 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool 10 minutes on wire rack.
  • MIX apple butter, relish, orange peel and remaining 1/4 cup flour in medium bowl. Spread apple slices, then cranberry-apple mixture, evenly over crust in pan. Sprinkle with reserved crumbly flour mixture.
  • BAKE 25 minutes until lightly browned. Cool in pan. Cut into bars.
  • TIP * To soften butter, heat unwrapped butter in microwave 10 to 15 seconds.