Cosmo Cocktail Cookie Bars
Cosmo Cocktail Cookie Bars
Take everything you love in a popular cosmopolitan and put it into a dessert. This recipe combines orange, lime and cranberry to a cookie bar.Recipe courtesy of McCormick
Prep Time
15
minutes
Cook Time
40
minutes
Servings
36
Total time: 55 minutes
Ingredients
- 2 1/4 cup flour, divided
- 2/3 cup confectioners’ sugar
- 1 tablespoon finely shredded lime peel
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) cold butter, cut into pieces
- 4 eggs, beaten
- 1 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1 can (6 ounces) frozen cranberry juice concentrate, thawed
- 1 teaspoon mccormick® pure orange extract
- 1 tablespoon vodka, (optional)
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Mix 2 cups of the flour, confectioners’ sugar, lime peel and salt in a large bowl.
- Cut in butter with a pastry blender or 2 knives until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
- Press mixture evenly into greased foil-lined 13x9-inch baking pan.
- Bake 20 minutes or until edges of crust are golden brown.
- Meanwhile, mix eggs, granulated sugar, cranberry juice concentrate, remaining 1/4 cup flour, extract and vodka in a large bowl until well blended.
- Pour evenly over hot crust.
- Bake 15 to 20 minutes or until filling is set.
- Cool in pan on wire rack.
- Sprinkle with additional confectioners' sugar and finely shredded lime peel.
- Cut into bars.