{"id":11737,"date":"2017-10-18T16:03:57","date_gmt":"2017-10-18T21:03:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/debslunch.com\/debslunchblog\/?page_id=11737"},"modified":"2017-10-18T16:31:11","modified_gmt":"2017-10-18T21:31:11","slug":"cranberry-pear-streusel-bars","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/debslunch.com\/debslunchblog\/recipes\/cranberry-pear-streusel-bars\/","title":{"rendered":"Cranberry Pear Streusel Bars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/debslunch.com\/debslunchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/cranberrypearbars2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11738\" src=\"https:\/\/debslunch.com\/debslunchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/cranberrypearbars2-400x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/debslunch.com\/debslunchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/cranberrypearbars2-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/debslunch.com\/debslunchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/cranberrypearbars2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/debslunch.com\/debslunchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/cranberrypearbars2-144x144.jpg 144w, https:\/\/debslunch.com\/debslunchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/cranberrypearbars2.jpg 650w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I made these on a Sunday night. They&#8217;re based on a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.finecooking.com\/recipe\/raspberry-jam-bars\">Fine Cooking<\/a> recipe that uses what seems to be ridiculously too much struesel &#8211; 6 cups for an 8-inch pan &#8211; but it sure make the bars delicious! The nutrition info for the Fine Cooking recipe says they&#8217;re about 380 calories each; high but not nearly as high as the average Starbucks sugar bomb and similar to Starbucks Cranberry Bliss&reg; Bar but I think a larger, more satisfying piece. [I feel guilty for eating them, regardless &#8211; they got <a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/YpRPxL\">my pic<\/a> at the benefit at the library that we attended Friday, and I sure look old and fat]<\/p>\n<p><strong>For the filling:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>One 1-lb bag of fresh or frozen cranberries (about 4 cups)<\/li>\n<li>3-4 large ripe but not squishy pears, peeled, cored, and chopped into pieces about the same size as the berrries<\/li>\n<li>1 1\/4 cups sugar<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 cup water<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Combine the cranberries, pears, sugar, and water in a heavy bottomed saucepan. Cover, and cook on medium heat until the sugar dissolves, uncovering to check and stir every 5 minutes or so. Continue to cook covered, reducing the heat as needed to keep it from boiling furiously (or boiling over) until all the fruit is very soft &#8211; about 20 minutes. Uncover and cook until thickened &#8211; about 10 minutes more.<\/p>\n<p>Reserve a heaping cup for the bars &#8211; a glass, 1-cup measure with a spout works well for this &#8211; most types of these hold about 1 1\/4 cups. Set it aside to cool. Save the remaining sauce for another use &#8211; like put it in the freezer until Thanksgiving. You can puree with an immersion blendor or food processor, or leave it chunky.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For the bars:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>8 oz. (1 cup, 2 sticks) cold salted butter<\/li>\n<li>2-1\/4 cups all-purpose flour<\/li>\n<li>6 TBLS granulated sugar<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 packed cup dark brown sugar<\/li>\n<li>1 1\/2 cups rolled oats<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 cup chopped walnuts<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Slice the butter into bits. Place the flour, sugars, oats, and walnuts in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Mix the dry ingredients, then add the butter and mix until you have a bowlful of crumbs.<\/p>\n<p>Grease the bottom and sides of an 8-inch pan and line the bottom with a square of parchment. Heat the oven to 350\u00b0.<\/p>\n<p>Press 4 cups of the streusel firmly into the bottom of the pan. Cover with the cranberry filling. Top with an even layer of the rest of the streusel &#8211; you should have about 2 cups &#8211; and press down lightly. Bake for 35- 40 minutes until golden brown. Cool completely in the pan before cutting into 16 2-inch squares.<\/p>\n<p>Serve with ice cream and extra cranberry sauce if you like.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/debslunch.com\/debslunchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/cranberrypearbars.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11739\" src=\"https:\/\/debslunch.com\/debslunchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/cranberrypearbars-400x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/debslunch.com\/debslunchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/cranberrypearbars-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/debslunch.com\/debslunchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/cranberrypearbars-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/debslunch.com\/debslunchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/cranberrypearbars-144x144.jpg 144w, https:\/\/debslunch.com\/debslunchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/cranberrypearbars.jpg 650w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I made these on a Sunday night. They&#8217;re based on a Fine Cooking recipe that uses what seems to be ridiculously too much struesel &#8211; 6 cups for an 8-inch pan &#8211; but it sure make the bars delicious! The nutrition info for the Fine Cooking recipe says they&#8217;re about 380 calories each; high but [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":402,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-11737","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/debslunch.com\/debslunchblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11737","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/debslunch.com\/debslunchblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/debslunch.com\/debslunchblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/debslunch.com\/debslunchblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/debslunch.com\/debslunchblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11737"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/debslunch.com\/debslunchblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11737\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11747,"href":"https:\/\/debslunch.com\/debslunchblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11737\/revisions\/11747"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/debslunch.com\/debslunchblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/402"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/debslunch.com\/debslunchblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}