Fruit Preserves Bars

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Fruit Preserves Bars: A Delicious Dessert

This dessert is a taste topper! It makes up quickly and brings rave reviews.

Ingredients:
3/4 cup butter
1 cup sugar
1 egg
2 cups flour
1/4 tsp. baking powder
1-1/3 cups shredded coconut
1/2 cups walnuts
1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
12 oz. fruit preserves (we used apricot this round)

How to Make Fruit Preserves Bars

In a large mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar. Add egg; mix well. In a separate bowl, combine flour and baking powder. Gradually add to butter/sugar mixture.

Add coconut, walnuts, and vanilla; mix thoroughly.

Press two-thirds of the dough into a greased 13″x9″ pan.

Spread with preserves; crumble the remaining dough over the preserves. Note: dough will have a cookie dough-like consistency so it won’t crumble.

Bake at 350 degrees for 30-35 minutes or until golden brown.

Cool pan on wire rack.

Cut into squares.

Yields: 36 bars

About Julee Morrison

Julee Morrison is an author and writer with over 35 years of experience in parenting and family recipes. She’s the author of four cookbooks: The Instant Pot College Cookbook, The How-To Cookbook for Teens, The Complete Cookbook for Teens, and The Complete College Cookbook.Available on Amazon,

Her work has appeared in The LA Times, Disney’s Family Fun Magazine, Bon Appétit, Weight Watchers Magazine, All You, Scholastic Parent & Child, and more.

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Outside of writing, Julee enjoys baking, reading, collecting crystals, and spending time with her family. You can find more of her work at Mommy’s Memorandum.