Gooey Chocolate Cranberry Squares

Name: Gooey Chocolate Cranberry Squares
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 24-36 bars
Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour; 1/2 cup granulated sugar; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 1/2 cup butter, softened; 1/4 cup milk; 1 2/3 cups granulated sugar; 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder; 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour; 1 cup milk; 3 eggs; 1/4 cup butter, melted; 2 teaspoons vanilla; 1 cup dried cranberries

Submitted by Chef mariajane

"One bite of these pleasantly rich squares will have everyone "oohing" and "ahhing" and asking for the recipe!! They're great for pot lucks, parties, bake sales and school lunches!!"

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Ready In:: 45mins
Ingredients:: 13
Yields:: 24-36 bars

ingredients

CRUST
1 ¹⁄₂ cups all-purpose flour
¹⁄₂ cup granulated sugar
¹⁄₂ teaspoon salt
¹⁄₂ cup butter, softened
¹⁄₄ cup milk
TOPPING
1 ²⁄₃ cups granulated sugar
¹⁄₂ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1 cup milk
3 eggs
¹⁄₄ cup butter, melted
2 teaspoons vanilla
1 cup dried cranberries

directions

Preheat oven to 350°F Line a 13x9-inch metal baking pan, eith foil, leaving 2-inches overhang at each end; lightly butter foil.
CRUST: In a large bowl, combine flour, sugar, salt and butter; using your fingers or a pastry blender, work butter into flour until butter is well blended and mixture starts to clump. Add milk and stir with a fork until a soft dough forms. Gather handfuls of dough and drop over bottom of prepared pan. With floured fingers, press dough evenly into bottom of pan and 1/4-inch up sides.
Bake for about 15 minutes or until edges are golden and top is firm.
TOPPING: In anoter bowl, ewhisk together sugar, cocoa and flour; gradually whisk in milk. Whisk in eggs, butter and vanilla until blended; stir in dried cranberries. Pour over hot crust, spreading evenly.
Bake for about 30 minutes, until topping is even puffed and center jiggles just slightly when pan is moved. let cool completely in pan on rack. Using foil overhang as handles, remove from pan and transfer to another cutting board. Cut into squares or bars - Delicious!

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Chef mariajane

I am a 56 year old Gramma that, for the first time in my life, has purchase myself a computer, and I didn't know what i was missing!! I have a husband tha I adore, and 4 grandchildren that of course surpass all others - lol - I am disabled, and am an at home person, so I have a lot of time on my hands, to play with my recipes, and I am enjoying every bit of it - My husband will eat anything that I cook, so I have carte blanche as far as that goes, so I have a great time trying out new recipes. Paula Deen has published some of my favorite cookbooks, her recipes are easy and quick to do. Her sweets are fantastics, especially her pound cakes, Yummm I guess the dish that I am famous for is my Christmas ham - my family all comes home for Christmas, and if i don't have my ham they are dissapointed, and my grandson wants the pistachio squares!!! so I guess that is the dishes that I'm famous for.

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