Cranberry Turtle Bars

Shortbread bars covered in a cranberry caramel and drizzled with chocolate.

👥 12 Servings⏱️ Prep & Cook: 45 min⏳ Prep: 10 min🔥 Cook: 35 min👤 kevin📖 closetcooking

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🥘 Ingredients

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Place the flour, sugar and salt in a food processor and blend.

flour2 cups(2 sticks) unsalted butter1 cup

Add the butter and process until it forms pea sized lumps.

Sprinkle the mixture into a 10×15 inch baking pan that has been lined with foil and greased, and press the mixture down.

Bake in a preheated 350F/180C oven until golden brown, about ⏱️ 15-17 minutes then set aside to cool.

Melt the butter in a large saucepan.

Mix in the sugar, corn syrup and salt and bring to a boil.

Simmer until the mixture turns a nice golden amber in colour and reaches 245F on a candy thermometer.

Mix in the cranberries and return to 245F.

Remove from heat and mix in the vanilla and pecans.

(2 sticks) unsalted butter1 cupvanilla1 teaspoonpecans, toasted and coarsely chopped3 cups

Quickly spread the mixture over the shortbread and the let it cool completely.

Melt the chocolate, place it in a small plastic bag, cut a small piece out of the corner and pipe the chocolate onto the bars.