Amaretto Cranberry Bars With Orange Glaze
- 3 1/4 cups walnuts
- 1 teaspoon port wine
- 2 tablespoons butter melted
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1/8 cup brown sugar
- 3/4 cup cornbread mix Jiffy
- 1/2 cup all purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup butter unsalted
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 3 eggs beaten
- 1/4 cup amaretto
- 1 cup dried cranberries whole
- 2 eggs
- 2 tablespoons flour
- 1 lemon
- 4 tablespoons orange juice
- 2 teaspoons orange zest
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
- 1 tablespoon orange zest
- 1 Orange
- 1 cup milk
- Chop nuts roughly in food processor. Add wine. Transfer to large bowl, mixing in remaining ingredients until well combined.
- Press nut mixture flat at the bottom of your lightly greased 91/2 x 13 baking pan. (If you want to use a jelly-roll pan, double the ingredients for the crust and cake to ensure you have enough to fill the whole pan-parchment paper works great too, especially when using a jelly-roll pan).
- Bake crust in a preheated oven at 350 degrees for 5-8 minutes, being careful not to burn the nuts. Set aside and let crust cool.
- Cake
- Mix first four ingredients together in a small bowl and set aside.
- In a larger bowl, cream together butter and sugar, adding in the eggs and mixing until light and fluffy (about 4 minutes). Add amaretto.
- Gradually mix in dry ingredients until everything is well incorporated. Toss in cranberries.
- Evenly spread cake batter over the cooked walnut crust. Bake in a preheated oven at 350 degrees for 15 minutes. (Cake will not be fully cooked.) Carefully set aside and let cool completely.
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Taken from www.yummly.com/recipe/Amaretto-Cranberry-Bars-With-Orange-Glaze-1644719 (may not work)