Hope the year 2009 has started off with a lot of hope and joy for all of you! I baked these cranberry bars a couple of days ago from Joy of Baking site. I think these bars are the perfect way of starting the New Year because it's both sweet and sour at the same time, just like our lives. I bought and tasted fresh cranberries last week, for the first time. It's sour and mildly bitter too. I have eaten something very similar in India, but I don't remember the name of the fruit and I'm sure that it was not red in color. Sugar has to be added to make these berries edible.
This recipe for cranberry bars has the perfect proportion of sweetness and sourness. I didn't make any changes to the recipe or procedure and the bars came out perfectly.
If you want a sweet bar then this is not the recipe for you. You should check these cookie bars instead. On the other hand if you are looking for something mildly sweet and sour, these cranberry bars are perfect.
Vanya says
I just made these cranberry shortbread bars to take to my in-laws for Thanksgiving and they came out great! I love your website in general, and your featured recipes have ALWAYS proven extra special!
I do wish I could reduce the butter and, especially, the sugar in the recipe. I'm not ready to try out substitutions on my own though; any suggestions?
Thanks!
Thanks Vanya. I too don't experiment in all recipes. You can try substituting vegan margarine instead of butter. I think reducing the quantity of butter in this recipe would result in hard crust.
Cilantro says
Delicious!!! I see lot of cranberry recipes recently.
Purnima says
Yes, yours has come out pretty well. Shall try this out sometime..bookmarked the original one. N as per your say, shall go by the cup measure only. Tks again.
anushruti says
hi madhuram...glad you visited divinetaste. You have a lovely site here. Nice to get know you. 🙂 Cheers!
Aparna says
A very Happy New year to you.
Looks really beautiful. We don't get cranberries here, but I could substitute for them.
Usha says
These look perfectly lovely.Thanks for letting me know you are planning to try my sago/ sabudana dosa hope you all like it as much as we did...eagerly waiting for your feedback:-)
Sharmi says
yummy looking bars! nice pic 😛
Sweatha says
Lovely and perfect.I too try out the recipes from joyof baking.These look very perfect.
ambika says
looks yummy madhu,
Purnima says
Madhu, the bars are very tempting!Loved the shot.
I too love Stephanie's recipes, but her measures baffle me..am sometimes scared to try as her cup versus gms measure is not standard one that we use...dont want the end product to go into a bin! Hence I just drool at her creations, read her recipes n return! 😀 THATS WONDERFUL TO BEGIN 2009 with! HAPPY 2009 to U N URS!
Fortunately both the recipes I tried (the other one being the vegan christmas fruitcake) from the site had come out very well. I used the cup measurements only.
Vidya says
Love it Madhu. Looks perfect and i love mildly sweet recipes too.
Malar Gandhi says
Looks perfect, bet it tasted great.
Sunshinemom says
Looks very nice and delicious! Regarding the sweetness, I guess shortbread are generally less sweet because whenever I have made them I have noticed that! In fact that is the reason why I like them:) Great start for 2009 😉