Orange Dessert Bars Recipes

Steps:

• For the crust: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 9-by-13-inch pan with butter.
• Stir together the flour, granulated sugar and salt in a bowl. Add the butter to the bowl and use a pastry cutter to cut it all together until the mixture resembles fine crumbs. Press into the prepared pan and bake until golden around the edges, about 20 minutes.
• For the filling: Stir together the granulated sugar and flour in a bowl. Crack in the eggs and whisk to combine. Add the orange zest and juice and mix until combined. Pour over the crust and bake until the filling is set, about 20 minutes.
• Allow to cool in the fridge for a minimum of 2 hours, then sift powdered sugar over the top before cutting into 16 pieces.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350ºF.
• To make the crust, beat butter with electric mixer until creamy. Add confectioners' sugar; beat well. Then,add combined flour and oats; beat on low speed until crumbly.
• Press crumbs firmly and evenly onto bottom of Greased 9 x 13 pan. Bake 20 minutes, until light golden brown. Remove from oven. Reduce heat to 300ºF.
• While the crust is baking, prepare the filling. Beat eggs, granulated sugar and orange zest until well blended. Add juice; beat to combine. Add flour and mix just enough to combine. Pour filling over warm, baked crust.
• Bake the crust with filling until filling is set, about 40 minutes.
• Cool in pan 30 minutes. Cover and refrigerate.
• To serve, cut into bars. You may choose to garnish with more orange zest or confectioner's sugar.

Steps:

• Grind cranberries and oranges, including peel; set aside.
• In a saucepan, combine sugar, cornstarch, ginger.add ground fruit -- bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat, cook and stir for 15 minutes or until thick.
• Remove from the heat; stir in nuts, if using.
• Set aside to cool.
• Meanwhile for crust:.
• Combine flour, sugar and lemon peel in large bowl.
• Cut in butter until coarse crumbs form.
• Add egg yolks, vanilla and just enough water so dough holds it shape.
• Pat two thirds of dough into 13x9 pan --
• Cover with cranberry orange mixture.
• Crumble remaining dough on top.
• Bake at 425°F for 20-25 minutes or until topping is golden brown.
• Cool and cut into bars.

Steps:

• Add 1 cup boiling water to each flavor fruit gelatin mix in separate bowls; stir 2 min. until completely dissolved. Pour each flavor of gelatin into separate small shallow food storage container sprayed with cooking spray. Refrigerate 2 hours or until firm.
• Sprinkle unflavored gelatine over cold water; let stand 1 min. Stir in remaining boiling water. Add yogurt and sugar substitute; mix well. Cool slightly.
• Cut flavored gelatin into cubes; place in 13x9-inch pan sprayed with cooking spray. Add yogurt mixture; stir gently to evenly distribute gelatin cubes. Refrigerate 2 hours or until firm before cutting into bars.

Steps:

• In a large bowl, beat the bananas, sugar, oil and eggs until well blended. In a small bowl, combine the flour, cinnamon, baking powder, salt and baking soda; gradually beat into banana mixture until blended., Pour into a greased 15x10x1-in. baking pan. Bake at 350° for 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool completely on a wire rack. , For frosting, cream butter and sugar in a large bowl until light and fluffy. Beat in orange juice and zest until smooth; spread evenly over cake.