Cherry Almond Bars

Name: Cherry Almond Bars
Ingredients: Crisco(R) Original No-Stick Cooking Spray; 1 1/2 cups Pillsbury BEST(R) All Purpose Flour; 1/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar; 1/8 teaspoon salt; 6 tablespoons Crisco(R) Puritan Canola Oil with Omega-3 DHA; 2 teaspoons water; 1/2 teaspoon almond extract; 3/4 cup Smucker's(R) Cherry Sugar Free Preserves OR Smucker's(R) Cherry Preserves; 1/2 cup chopped almonds; 1/4 cup brown sugar; 2 tablespoons Crisco(R) Puritan Canola Oil with Omega-3 DHA

11 ingredients

6 steps

Ingredients

Crisco(R) Original No-Stick Cooking Spray
1 1/2 cups Pillsbury BEST(R) All Purpose Flour
1/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1/8 teaspoon salt
6 tablespoons Crisco(R) Puritan Canola Oil with Omega-3 DHA
2 teaspoons water
1/2 teaspoon almond extract
3/4 cup Smucker's(R) Cherry Sugar Free Preserves OR Smucker's(R) Cherry Preserves
1/2 cup chopped almonds
1/4 cup brown sugar
2 tablespoons Crisco(R) Puritan Canola Oil with Omega-3 DHA

Directions

1

HEAT oven to 350°F. Line bottom and sides of 8 x 8-inch pan with foil, extending foil over edges of pan. Coat lightly with no-stick cooking spray.
2

STIR together flour, brown sugar and salt until mixed. Add oil, water and almond extract. Combine with fork until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Pat evenly in bottom of prepared pan.
3

BAKE 15 minutes.
4

SPREAD preserves evenly over warm crust. Mix almonds, brown sugar and oil until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Sprinkle over top of preserves.
5

BAKE 20 minutes. Cool completely. Lift out of pan using foil. Cut into 16 bars. Store in refrigerator. TIP
6

For Strawberry Almond Bars, use Sugar Free Seedless Strawberry Jam or Low Sugar Strawberry Preserves instead of cherry.