Graham Crumble Cherry Bars

Graham Crumble Cherry Bars. An unusual but delicious graham cracker crumb crumble cookie bar with a filling of sweet cherry compote.

Graham Crumble Cherry Bars

My daughter Olivia was in mind when I decided to turn a family favourite dessert crumble into a cherry bars recipe.

Our entire family loves cherries and Liv in particular loves anything with graham wafer crumbs in it. Here, the sweet ripe cherry compote pairs very well with the buttery crumble in these very delicious cookie bars.

Frozen cherries can make this recipe an economical, year round treat.

They also freeze pretty well to save some for lunchbox treats. We sometimes individually wrap and freeze these sorts of cookies to pop into packed lunches.

Just throw them in frozen and they will be thawed and ready for lunch; makes a great Holiday freezer treat too.

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Yield: 36

Graham Crumble Cherry Bars

Graham Crumble Cherry Bars. An unusual but delicious graham cracker crumb crumble cookie bar with a filling of sweet cherry compote.

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Ingredients

For the Cherry Compote Filling

• 3/4 cup sugar
• 3 1/2 cups pitted quarter cut cherries
• 3 rounded teaspoons of corn starch dissolved in an ounce or two of water

For the Graham Crumble

• 2 tsp baking powder
• 1 2/3 cups graham cracker crumbs digestive biscuit crumbs work well too
• 2 cups flour
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1 ½ cups butter cut in small cubes.

Instructions

To prepare the Cherry Compote Filling

1. In a small saucepan combine the 3/4 cup sugar wight he cherries.
2. Simmer very slowly for about 20 minutes or until the juice from the cherries is reduced by half. Thicken the compote by stirring in a cornstarch slurry made from dissolving 3 rounded teaspoons of corn starch in an ounce or so of water. Continue to cook for one minute stirring constantly before removing from the heat and cooling almost to room temperature.

To prepare the Graham Crumble

1. In a large bowl toss together the baking powder, graham crumbs, flour and brown sugar.
2. Using your hands, rub the butter thoroughly through the dry ingredients.
3. When the butter is fully incorporated press half of the crumble mixture into the bottom of a lightly greased and parchment lined 9x13 inch pan.
4. Spread the cherry compote evenly over the base layer.
5. Press the rest of the crumble mixture together in handfuls so that it holds together and break off chunks of crumble all over the top of the prepared cherry filling.
6. Press down very lightly and bake for about 40-45 minutes at 350 degrees or until the top is golden brown.
7. Cool completely in the pan before cutting into squares or bars. This is a freezer friendly cookie bar recipe too.

Nutrition Information

Yield

36

Serving Size

1
Amount Per Serving Calories 206Total Fat 2gSaturated Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 1gCholesterol 1mgSodium 91mgCarbohydrates 45gFiber 1gSugar 18gProtein 2g

The nutritional information provided is automatically calculated by third party software and is meant as a guideline only. Exact accuracy is not guaranteed. For recipes where all ingredients may not be used entirely, such as those with coatings on meats, or with sauces or dressings for example, calorie & nutritional values per serving will likely be somewhat lower than indicated.

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