Apple Cranberry Bars With Orange Buttercream Frosting Recipes

CRANBERRY BLISS BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a 9x13 inch pan with Reynolds Non-Stick Foil and set aside. Using a stand or hand mixer add the butter, brown sugar, and eggs. In a medium sized bowl add the flour, baking powder, and salt. Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix until combined. Fold in the cranberries and chocolate chips. Spread in the bottom of the 9x13 inch pan.
• Bake for 18-20 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from the oven and allow to completely cool.

CRANBERRY ORANGE CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Combine the 1 cup of sugar and water in a small saucepan and cook over medium heat until the sugar is dissolved. If the water gets too hot and starts to boil, remove from the heat and allow to cool slightly, then add the cranberries. (You don't want the cranberries to burst, which is why you don't want the water too hot.) Pour the simple syrup and cranberries into a bowl and cover. Refrigerate overnight.
• Drain the cranberries. Place the superfine sugar in a shallow bowl and add the cranberries. Shake to coat the cranberries with the sugar. Transfer to a surface lined with waxed paper and allow to dry for at least 1 hour.
• Preheat the oven to 350ºF. Line 14 muffin tins with cupcake liners.
• In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder and salt.
• In the bowl of a mixer, beat the sugar and butter together until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes. Add in the eggs, one at a time, scraping down the bowl between additions. Beat in the orange zest.
• In a liquid measuring cup, combine the buttermilk and the orange extract. Add 1/3 of the flour mixture to the butter and beat until combined. Follow that with 1/2 of the buttermilk. Add another 1/3 of the dry ingredients, the remaining buttermilk, then the remaining flour mixture, beating to combine between each addition. Fold the cranberries into the batter.
• Fill each of the prepared cups about 2/3 full of the batter. Bake until a tester inserted in the middle comes out clean, about 18 minutes. Allow to cool completely.
• Beat the butter in a mixer until light and fluffy. Add in the powdered sugar, 1/2 cup at a time, until completely combined. Beat in the orange zest. Add in the cream, 1 tablespoon at a time, until you reach your desired consistency. Beat in the cranberries.***
• Pipe the frosting on top of the cooled cupcakes. Top each cupcake with several sugared cranberries.

BANANA ORANGE 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.

APPLE CRANBERRY BARS WITH ORANGE BUTTERCREAM FROSTING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F; grease a 15 x 10 x 1-inch jelly roll pan.
• In a large mixer bowl, combine the sugar, butter, eggs, orange peel and vanilla extract.
• Beat on medium speed, scraping the bowl often, for 2 to 3 minutes until well mixed.
• Reduce the speed to low; add the flour, baking soda and salt.
• Continue beating, scraping the bowl often, for 1 to 2 minutes until well mixed.
• By hand, stir in the apples, cranberries and nuts.
• Spread in the prepared pan. Bake for 30 to 35 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
• Cool completely.
• In a small mixer bowl, combine the butter, cream cheese and vanilla extract.
• Beat on medium speed, scraping the bowl often, for 1 to 2 minutes until well mixed.
• Reduce the speed to low.
• Continue beating, gradually adding the powdered sugar, orange peel and enough milk for desired spreading consistency.
• Thinly frost the cooled bars; cut into bars.

ORANGE BUTTERCREAM FROSTING

Steps:

• In a small bowl, cream butter until light and fluffy. Beat in the confectioners' sugar, orange zest and vanilla. Add enough orange juice to achieve frosting consistency.