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      Title: CRANBERRY BARS
 Categories: Biscuits
      Yield: 18 Bars
 
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      2 c  All-purpose flour
      2 ts Baking powder
           Pinch of salt
    1/2 c  Butter or margarine, at room
           Temperature
    1/2 c  Sugar
      1 tb Vegetable oil
      1 lg Egg
      2 ts Vanilla

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      1 c  Sugar
      1 ts Vanilla
      1 tb Cornstarch
    1/2 c  Water
      2 c  Cranberries
    1/2 c  Chopped dried figs
      1 ts Grated orange rind
      1 tb Grand Marnier
    1/3 c  Hazelnuts, chopped
 
  For Dough: Combine flour, baking powder and salt; set aside. In large
  bowl, beat butter, sugar and oil. Beat in egg and vanilla. Add flour
  mixture to egg mixture and mix until dough feels quite firm. Wrap
  half the dough in plastic wrap and freeze for about 30 minutes. Press
  remaining dough evenly on bottom of 13x9-inch shallow baking pan;
  place in freezer.
  
  For Filling: In heavy saucepan, combine all the filling ingredients
  except hazelnuts; bring to a boil over medium heat and cook for about
  8 minutes or until mixture has thickened, stirring frequently. Remove
  from heat and stir in hazelnuts; let cool.
  
  Spread cranberry filling evenly over dough in baking pan. Remove doug
  from freezer and grate coarsely; sprinkle over top of cranberry
  filling. Bake at 350 F for 45 minutes or until top is golden brown
  and the sides have pulled away from pan. Place on rack and
  immediately run a knife around the edge of pan. Leave for 20 minutes,
  then cut into bars and let cool completely.
  
  Makes 18 bars. Origin: Cooking with fruit by Rolce Redard Payne and
  Dorrit Speyer Senior
  
  Source: The Vancouver Sun  Sept 21/94
  
  From the collection of Karen Deck
 
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