Starbucks Cranberry Bliss Bar Recipe

The Starbucks Cranberry Bliss Bar must be one of the most delicious bars around! Loaded with dried cranberries, white chocolate, and other yummy ingredients, it's one of the best bars that I've tried... until Todd Wilbur's clone. I hope that you'll agree!

Cake

1-1/2 sticks butter, room temperature

1-1/4 cups light brown sugar, packed tight

3 large eggs

2 T minced crystallized ginger

1-1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract

1/2 tsp salt

1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour

1/2 tsp baking powder

1 cup dried cranberries, chopped

4 oz Ghirardelli white chocolate candy bar, chopped

Frosting

4 oz cream cheese, room temperature

3 cups powdered sugar

1 tsp freshly squeezed lemon juice

1 tsp freshly squeezed orange juice

2 tsp fresh orange zest

1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract

1/3 cup dried cranberries


Drizzled Icing

1/2 cup powdered sugar

1 T milk

2 tsp vegetable shortening (Crisco is fine)

Directions

Preheat oven to 350-degrees.

Cake

Using an electric mixer, beat the butter and brown sugar together until smooth. Add the eggs, ginger, vanilla, and salt and continue mixing well. Gradually mix in the flour and baking powder and mix until smooth. Remove bowl from mixer.

Add the chopped dried cranberries and white chocolate into the batter and mix by hand. Pour batter into a buttered 9 x 13-inch baking pan. Use an offset spatula to spread the batter evenly over the pan. Bake for 25 to 30 minutes or until the cake is light brown on top. Allow the cake to cool in the pan.

Frosting

Using your electric mixer, combine the softened cream cheese, powdered sugar, lemon and orange juice, orange zest, and pure vanilla extract and beat until smooth. When the cake has thoroughly cooled, use the offset spatula to spread frosting over the entire cake, making sure to cover corners.

Sprinkle remaining 1/4 cup of chopped cranberries over the frosting on the cake.

Drizzled Icing

Whisk together powdered sugar, milk, and shortening. Using a squirt bottle or small plastic bag (with a teeny corner snipped off), drizzle icing over the entire cake in a sweeping motion.

Cover the cake with a sheet of nonstick foil or parchment paper and refrigerate for a few hours. Slice the cake lengthwise (the long way) through the middle. Slice the cake across the width three times which will make a total of eight rectangular slices. Then finally, slice each of those rectangles diagonally creating 16 triangular slices.

Makes 16 bars.

Always Enjoy!

How To Make Crispy Onion Rings Recipe

Crispy Onion Rings are soooo delicious! And they are definitely a fast food favorite. I simply cannot resist ordering them to accompany my "Sliders" which are those miniature White Castle burgers with holes in them!

Now you can make these at home for family and friends... they will be impressed! These deep-fried onion rings are guaranteed to turn out crisp on the outside but tender within. I hope you enjoy!



Step 1: You will need:

2 large onions, peeled
2-2/3 oz flour
2 T corn starch
1/2 tsp baking powder
a pinch of paprika
1/2 tsp sugar
1 egg, beaten
4-1/4 fl oz milk
2-1/8 pt vegetable oil
salt and pepper, to taste

Utensils

1 cutting board
1 knife
2 bowls
2 trays
paper towels
1 saucepan
1 slotted spoon
1 fork
1 whisk

Step 2: Preheat the oil

Before you begin making your onion rings, heat the oil over medium-high heat. Allow it to heat up hot enough to fry, but not to smoke.

Step 3: Slice the onions

As the oil is heating, cut the onions into circular slices of about 1/4-inch thick, using a large knife. Now separate them into rings and place them on a tray.

Step 4: Mix the dry ingredients

Combine the flour, corn starch, baking powder, paprika, sugar, salt and the pepper in a bowl and with a whisk, stir it together briefly.

Step 5: Combine the wet ingredients

Add the eggs to the milk and whisk together. Then pour this mixture into the dry ingredients and combine it together with your whisk until you are left with a lump free smooth batter.

Step 6: Fry

To check that the oil is hot enough to fry, carefully drop a battered onion into the hot oil. The oil should fry it lightly and take time to brown it. Therefore, the onion will be cooked through and the batter will be super crispy. Now gently dip some of the onions into the batter and coat well. Then place them into the hot oil using a fork. Let them cook in small batches, so they won't stick together. When they are fried on one side, turn them over to fry and brown on the other side. The process takes about 3 minutes. When are they are lightly golden, place onto a tray lined with kitchen paper to drain.

Step 7: Serve

Just before serving, season with some salt and serve your perfect crispy onion rings, immediately. They go very well as a side-dish with steaks and hamburgers or even as a snack all on their own.

Always Enjoy!

Rocky Road Cookie Pizza Recipe

This Rocky Road Cookie Pizza recipe is short... easy... and oh sooo SWEET!

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How To Make Roast Leg of Lamb Recipe

This very simple and tasty recipe for Roast Leg of Lamb is great for a Sunday dinner... Easter too! The herbs are quite complimentary and add just the right flavor to an otherwise "gamey" meat.

Also, make sure that you test the degree of doneness for your family as everyone doesn't like rare lamb!

Always Enjoy!