Cherry Cranberry Shortbread Bars

I am not a big fan of Shortbread, but my family loves it so every holiday I make something with shortbread in it. I try to combine it with filling or icing that I like because if you ask me plain, old shortbread is just too boring.

This year I decided to make Cherry Cranberry Shortbread Bars. The Cherry Cranberry filling between the layers of shortbread gives it just the right amount of sweet tartness and moisture to bring this shortbread from boring to fabulous.

Cherry Cranberry Shortbread Bars

Ingredients:

3/4 cup Butter (softened & unsalted)1/2 cup Sugar1 1/2 cups Flour1 can Cherry Cranberry Pie Filling (540ml)3/4 cup Butter (softened & unsalted)1/2 cup Brown Sugar1 1/2 cup FlourPreheat the oven to 350F. Grease 9 x 13" pan.

In a bowl cut together the butter, sugar and flour till you have well combined , but crumbly dough. Press the dough evenly into the greased pan.

Bake for 10-12 minutes. Let it cool for 5 minutes.

Meanwhile in a bowl cut together the butter, brown sugar and flour for the top crust.

Spread the pie filling on top of the bottom crust. Sprinkle it evenly with the top crust mixture and gently press down.

Bake for another 30-35 minutes. Cool it down completely before cutting into bars otherwise it will crumble a lot.