Grandma's Famous Fruit Bars
- Preparation time: 10 minutes
- Baking time: 15 minutes
- Total time: 25 minutes
Ingredients
Butter:
- ½ cup + 2 tablespoons butter, melted
Brown Sugar, Honey, Molasses:
- ¼ cup brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 2 tablespoons molasses (see Comments section below)
Eggs:
Dry Ingredients:
- 1½ cups flour
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon ginger
- ½ teaspoon nutmeg
Raisins and Walnuts:
- ⅓ raisins
- ⅔ coarsely chopped walnuts
Ingredients
(serves 4)
Section
Instructions
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Preheat oven to 350°.
- Butter sides and bottom of 13x9x2-inch oblong cake pan (or quarter sheet pan) and set aside.
- In a small bowl, whisk together the dry ingredients; set aside.
- In a medium saucepan melt the butter over low heat.
- Remove saucepan from heat.
- Add brown sugar, honey and molasses to the melted butter and stir in.
- Whisk the eggs in a small bowl.
- Add the eggs to the saucepan and whisk to incorporate.
- Using a spatula, stir in the dry ingredients.
- Mix in the raisins and walnuts.
- Pour the batter into the prepared pan.
- Bake for 13 to 15 minutes until just barely set and a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
- Leave in pan and cool on a rack.
- Cut and serve.
Comments
Makes about 24 fruit bars.Let's talk about molasses. There are three basic types of molasses sold in stores: light, dark and blackstrap. Light molasses is delicate and sweet. Dark molasses is full and robust in flavor. Blackstrap is ultra-dark, thick and has a slight bitterness to it's flavor.
What type of molasses do I like to use for my recipes? Blackstrap! It has a unique rich flavor that is less sweet than mild or dark molasses. If I can't find blackstrap molasses I will reach for dark molasses.
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