Festive Cranberry Dessert Squares Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
• Grease a 9" x 13" Pan.
• Mix the butter with the sugar, and add the eggs and flour.
• Stir in the cranberries and pecans.
• Pour batter into greased pan, spreading out evenly.
• Bake at 325 degrees for 45 - 50 minutes.
• Cool. Cut into squares. At Christmas-time, you can add chopped green candied cherries. These also freeze well.

Steps:

• In a bowl, combine milk and lemon juice; mix well.
• Stir in pineapple, cranberry sauce, marshmallows, pecans, and Cool Whip.
• Spoon into a 13x9 inch baking dish.
• Freeze until firm, 4 hours or overnight.
• Cut into squares.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly greas a 9 x 13 baking pan. Reserve 1 cup of cake mix in a small bowl. In a medium bowl, stir together the remaining cake mix, 8 Tablespoons melted butter, and 1 egg. Spread into prepared pan. In another bowl, stir together the cranberry sauce with remaining 2 eggs and the milk. Spread over the cake batter in the baking pan. Add the flour, sugar, and cinnamon to the small bowl with the reserved cake mix, and stir thoroughly. Blend in the chopped butter and crumble mixture over the baking dish. Bake until golden, about 40 minutes. Cool on a wire rack. Cut into squares and serve.

Steps:

• Drain pineapple, reserving juice in 1-cup measuring cup. Add enough water to reserved juice to measure 1 cup; pour into small saucepan. Reserve drained fruit for later use.
• Bring pineapple juice to boil. Add to gelatin mixes in medium bowl; stir 3 min. until completely dissolved. Stir in cold water. Add cranberry sauce and reserved pineapple; mix well.
• Pour into 8-inch square dish sprayed with cooking spray. Refrigerate 1-1/2 to 2 hours or until gelatin is set but not firm.
• Beat cream cheese and sugar in medium bowl with mixer until blended. Add COOL WHIP; mix well. Spread over gelatin; sprinkle with nuts.
• Refrigerate 2 hours or until firm.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• In a large bowl, stir together the sugar, flour, baking powder and salt. Cut in the butter or margarine until the lumps are no larger than peas. Stir in the egg just a little bit, but allow the mixture to stay somewhat crumbly.
• Sprinkle half of the mixture in an even layer in the bottom of a 9x13 inch pan. Pack down into a solid crust. Spread the cranberry sauce over the crust. Crumble the remaining mixture over the cranberry sauce.
• Bake for 40 minutes in the preheated oven, until the top is golden brown. Cool before slicing into bars.