Cran Raspberry Crumb Bars Recipe & $100 Giveaway!

Nov agency the arrival of cooler weather, in addition to the outset of the vacation season. Cranberries play a starring role inwards vacation fare, inwards business office because their flavour is thence fleeting. But raspberries, which grow practically twelvemonth circular hither inwards California brand for attractive co-stars (check out their availability on the Driscoll's calendar). With this inwards mind, I start out to brand a jam bar that would highlight both fresh berries.

Tangy in addition to buttery my Cran Raspberry Crumb Bars are the final result of a happy accident because I permit the nutrient processor run a piffling besides long. Instead of chopping the nuts, I pulsed the almonds along amongst the carbohydrate until they were completely pulverized. Oops! But all is good that ends well. Perhaps jam bars are pop because they are difficult to mess up? 

Cran Raspberry Crumb Bars would endure perfect for a vacation cookie political party or to give every bit a gift. The bottom of the bars is basically almond shortbread in addition to the filling is a really lightly sweetened combination of the fresh cranberries in addition to raspberries. The organic raspberries I used were grown inwards the USA in addition to provided courtesy of Driscoll's. They balanced out the rigid sour flavor of the fresh cranberries. 

Driscoll's offers lots of recipes for using berries in addition to a organisation for identifying where berries were grown. Look for the code on the bottom of the clam crunch bundle in addition to piece of job into the reveal at mydriscolls.com. Now through Dec 31st Driscoll's is running a Made amongst Love vacation sweepstakes where you lot tin win a vivid carmine Kitchenaid stand upward mixer in addition to berries for a year  or berries for a year. 

I am also offering 1 lucky reader $100 inwards Driscoll's coupons to utilization on berries all twelvemonth long! Simply piece of job out a comment telling me your favorite berry visit for the holidays in addition to I volition conduct a winner on Dec 10th. One entry per mortal in addition to you lot must piece of job out your e-mail address in addition to receive got a USA mailing address to win. Only I volition run into your e-mail address. 

Cran Raspberry Crumb Bars

Ingredients

Dough

1 loving cup blanched almonds (whole, sliced or slivered)

1 loving cup sugar

1 loving cup unsalted butter, softened

1 egg

1/4 teaspoon almond extract 

ii 1/4 cups all-purpose flour

Filling

1 loving cup cranberries

half dozen ounce Driscoll's fresh raspberries

1/4 loving cup sugar

Instructions 

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Chop the cranberries or pulse them near twenty times inwards a nutrient processor. Combine the cranberries, raspberries in addition to carbohydrate inwards a modest saucepan in addition to gently ready for five minutes, mashing the berries amongst a wooden spoon or spatula. Set aside in addition to permit cool.

Line a 9-inch foursquare baking pan amongst parchment paper, extending it over the edges. 

Pulse the almonds in addition to carbohydrate inwards a nutrient processor. Transfer carbohydrate mixture to a large mixing bowl. Cream the carbohydrate in addition to nut mixture amongst the butter until creamy. Mix inwards the egg in addition to almond extract. Add the flour in addition to stir until a crumbly dough forms.  Reserve 1 1/2 cups of the dough; laid aside.

Press ease of the dough on bottom of the prepared baking pan. Spread filling to inside 1/2 inch of edge. Crumble reserved dough over the reach of the pan. Bake 35 - xl minutes or until lightly browned. Cool completely on a rack thence utilization the parchment to lift  out of the pan in addition to cutting into bars. 

Enjoy! 

Disclaimer: Driscoll's provided me amongst coupons for myself in addition to the giveaway. They did non compensate me financially for this or whatever other post. 

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