Apricot Cherry Crumble Bars

Apricot Cherry Crumble Bars
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3 Reviews
Dried cherry-flavored cranberries give these bars a chewy texture and pretty crimson color.
15 min
Prep Time
1:15
Total Time
32 bars

Ingredients

1 (15.25- to 16.5-ounce) box
golden vanilla cake mix
1/2 cup
Land O Lakes® Butter, softened
1 1/2 teaspoons
almond extract
1
large Land O Lakes® Egg
1 (12-ounce) jar
apricot preserves
1 cup
cherry-flavored sweetened dried cranberries

Directions

  1. Heat oven to 350°F.
  2. Place cake mix, butter, almond flavoring and egg in bowl. Mix well using fork. Reserve 2/3 cup mixture for topping; set aside. Press remaining mixture onto bottom of ungreased 13x9-inch pan. Bake 10 minutes.
  3. Combine apricot preserves and dried cranberries in 2-quart saucepan. Cook over low heat, stirring occasionally, 2-3 minutes or until preserves are melted.
  4. Spread fruit mixture over hot, partially baked crust. Sprinkle with reserved cake mix mixture. Bake 24-26 minutes or until topping is light golden brown. Cool completely. Cut into bars.

Recipe Tips

- You can also use vanilla or yellow cake mix in place of the golden vanilla cake mix. The color may be slightly different, depending on the type of cake mix you use.

- Sweetened dried cranberries come in a variety of flavors. Choose the flavor you prefer.

Nutrition Facts (1 bar)

Calories
130
Cholesterol
15mg
Carbohydrates
22g
Protein
1g
Fat
4.5g
Sodium
135mg
Dietary Fiber
0g

Recipe Comments and Reviews

Rating

Made these for the Holidays this year and turned out great! Wonderful way to break up all the chocolate goodies

Posted December 23, 2011 by April

Rating

Very delicious! I have made these several times and everyone always loves them. I do believe that the cooking time is off - in my experience, baking the crust for 10 minutes is too long, and they do not take 24 - 26 minutes to bake.

Posted December 23, 2010 by stacey

Rating

These are sooo good. I didn't have apricot preserves, so I substituted Mango preserves and I had a real Mango so I cut that up and added it to the filling. Didn't put cranberries in. Thought it was a little too sweet so I added about 1 tsp. of lime juice. Ummm.

Posted March 12, 2009 by Toni

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