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      Title: Cranberry-Macadamia Bars
 Categories: Cookies, Desserts
      Yield: 48 Bars
 
  1 1/4 c  All-purpose flour
    3/4 c  Sugar
    1/2 c  Butter
      1 c  Finely chopped macadamias,
           --hazelnuts or pecans
  1 1/4 c  Sugar
      2    Beaten eggs
      2 tb Milk
      1 ts Finely shredded orange peel
      1 ts Vanilla
      1 c  Finely chopped cranberries
    1/2 c  Coconut
 
  Crust:  In a medium mixing bowl, stir together flour and 3/4 c sugar.
  Cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.  Stir in 1/2 c
  of the nuts.  Press the flour mixture onto the bottom of an ungreased
  13x9x2-inch baking pan.  Bake in a 350 F oven for 10-15 minutes or
  until crust is light brown around edges.
  
  Topping:  Combine the 1 1/4 c sugar, eggs, milk, orange peel, and
  vanilla. Beat until combined.  Pour over the hot crust.  Sprinkle
  with the remaining nuts, cranberries, and coconut.
  
  Bake in the 350 F oven for 30 minutes more or until golden.  Cool
  slightly in the pan on a wire rack.  Cut into 24 bars; cut bars in
  half diagonally while warm.  Cool completely.
  
  Per cookie:  88 cal, 4 g fat (2 g sat), 14 mg chol, 23 mg sod, 1 g
  pro.
  
  Reprinted from Better Homes and Gardens Magazine, November 1996.
 
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