Raspberry, Walnut, & Chocolate Bars

Name: Raspberry, Walnut, & Chocolate Bars
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 55 min
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Yield: 24 serving(s)
Ingredients: 1 3/4 cups flour, divided; 3/4 cup butter, softened; 1 1/3 cups firmly packed brown sugar, divided; 1/2 cup raspberry preserves; 2 eggs or 3 egg whites; 1 teaspoon salt; 1 teaspoon baking powder; 1/2 cup walnuts, chopped; 1/2 cup chocolate chips; powdered sugar, glaze (optional)

Submitted by Rita1652

"I just enjoy Raspberry, Walnuts, & Chocolate so together they go into this bar cookie."

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photo by Barb G.

Ready In:: 1hr 10mins
Ingredients:: 10
Serves:: 24

ingredients

1 ³⁄₄ cups flour, divided
³⁄₄ cup butter, softened
1 ¹⁄₃ cups firmly packed brown sugar, divided
¹⁄₂ cup raspberry preserves
¹⁄₂ 2 eggs or 3 egg whites
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking powder
¹⁄₂ cup walnuts, chopped
¹⁄₂ cup chocolate chips
powdered sugar, glaze (optional)

directions

MIX 1-1/2 cups of the flour, butter and 1/3 cup of the brown sugar with electric mixer at low speed; press mixture onto bottom of ungreased 13X9-inch baking pan.
BAKE at 350°F for 18 to 20 minutes or until lightly browned. Spread raspberry preserves over crust.
MIX remaining 1/4 cup flour, 1 cup brown sugar, egg product, baking powder and salt. Spread over raspberry layer; sprinkle with walnuts and chips.
BAKE at 350°F for 18 to 20 minutes or until golden brown. Cool. Drizzle with powdered sugar glaze. Cut into bars.

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Reviews

For some reason the bottom shortbread layer wasn't my favorite but everyone I served these to raved about them and asked for the recipe - so clearly a matter of personal taste. I left the nuts out but the chocolate and raspberry combo was great!

sofie-a-toast
These are very rich and tasty. I used 3/4 cup raspberry as suggested by others. I also used 1/2 semi-sweet and 1/2 white chocolate chips. I put some more on the top afterward for decoration. They needed to cook a little bit longer than suggested, but turned out nice and got great reviews. Thanks!

Baking Mommy
This is the second time that I have made these delicious cookie bars. I made them the first time for Christmas and forgot to review them. I made them again for our Rose Society meeting. They got RAVE REVIEWS, everyone loved them. I passed your the recipe on to others. The first time I made them as the recipe stated, BUT, this time I used almost a cup of Raspberry preserves, a cup of walnuts and chocolate chips, YUMMY :) Rita, thanks for sharing your recipe.

Barb G.
These tasted amazing! Very pretty and very yummy! Thanks for sharing this Rita! I would NOT change a thing!

Mamas Kitchen Hope
This was a tasty recipe with easy but detailed directions. I had to use more like 3/4 cup of raspberry preserves, because 1/2 cup did not spread far enough. Even though I used more preserves, I still felt the other flavors dominated and I would love to taste more raspberry. Thanks for sharing...I will try again with even more raspberry preserves. ;)

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