fruit bars

Name: Fruit Bars
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 45 min
Yield: 12
Ingredients: ## BARS; 1 cup(s) butter, softened; 1 3/4 cup(s) sugar; 1 1/2 teaspoon(s) brown sugar; 1 teaspoon(s) vanilla; 4 - eggs; 3 cup(s) flour; 16 ounce(s) fruit filling or fruit butter; ## GLAZE; 3 tablespoon(s) orange juice; 3 tablespoon(s) butter, melted; 1/2 cup(s) powdered sugar (more or less use enough to get right consistency for glaze)

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Beth Peterson-Young

Spring Grove, MN

Updated on Jan 12, 2012

Another childhood favorite from my mom's collection! She usually made blueberry bars but I have used cherry and peach as well as pear butter! So Fruit bars seemed to be a better name :)

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prep time 20 Min

cook time 45 Min

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yield 12 serving(s)

Ingredients

BARS
1 cup butter, softened
1 3/4 cups sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons brown sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
4 - eggs
3 cups flour
16 ounces fruit filling or fruit butter
GLAZE
3 tablespoons orange juice
3 tablespoons butter, melted
1/2 cup powdered sugar (more or less use enough to get right consistency for glaze)

How To Make fruit bars

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

Step 2

Cream together the butter, white and brown sugars and vanilla till light and fluffy.
Step 3

Stir in the 4 eggs.
Step 4

Fold in the flour until will mixed.
Step 5

Spread 2/3 of this into a jellyroll pan.
Step 6

Pour over one (16oz) can of your favorite fruit pie filling or fruit butter.
Step 7

Drop spoonfuls of the remaining batter onto the top of the fruit.
Step 8

Bake for 45 minutes.
Step 9

While baking make a glaze of the orange juice, powdered sugar and melted butter. Drizzle this over the bars when they come out of the oven before they are cooled.
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