Cherry Pineapple Bars
Created by dienia b on January 15, 2015
- Servings: 30
- Prep Time: 30m
- Cook Time: 45m
- Recipe #16750
Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup butter
- FILLING
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1 can (8 3/4 ounce) crushed pineapple
- 2 egg yolks
- 1 cup maraschino cherries
How to Make
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Step 1: Combine flour with brown sugar and salt; cut in butter. Set aside 1 cup mixture.
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Step 2: Press crumb mixture in pan.
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Step 3: Bake in 350 degree oven for 15 minutes. Cool slightly.
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Step 4: In saucepan sugar and cornstarch. Stir in undrained pineapple and egg yolks; cook over medium heat stirring constantly until mixture constantly and bubbles.
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Step 5: Remove from heat then stir in cherries. Spread evenly over baked layer.
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Step 6: Sprinkle the reserved crumb mixture on top.
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Step 7: Bake in 350 oven for 30 minutes more (this seems a long time to me ).
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Step 8: Cool before cutting into bars
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Step 9: Makes 2 1/2 dozen bars.
Nutritional Facts
- Serving Size: 1 (59.1 g)
- Calories 184.5
- Total Fat - 10.5 g
- Saturated Fat - 5.4 g
- Cholesterol - 192 mg
- Sodium - 101.5 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 19.2 g
- Dietary Fiber - 0.4 g
- Sugars - 11.5 g
- Protein - 3.6 g
- Calcium - 26.1 mg
- Iron - 0.7 mg
- Vitamin C - 4.1 mg
- Thiamin - 0 mg