CRANBERRY-MACADAMIA BARS

      Title: CRANBERRY-MACADAMIA BARS
  Categories: Cookies, Desserts
       Yield: 48 Bars
  
   1 1/4 c  All-purpose flour
     3/4 c  Sugar
     1/2 c  Butter
       1 c  Finely chopped macadamias,
            --hazelnuts or pecans
   1 1/4 c  Sugar
       2    Beaten eggs
       2 tb Milk
       1 ts Finely shredded orange peel
       1 ts Vanilla
       1 c  Finely chopped cranberries
     1/2 c  Coconut
  
   Crust:  In a medium mixing bowl, stir together flour and 3/4 c sugar.
   Cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in 1/2 c of
   the nuts. Press the flour mixture onto the bottom of an ungreased
   13x9x2-inch baking pan.  Bake in a 350 F oven for 10-15 minutes or
   until crust is light brown around edges.
   
   Topping:  Combine the 1 1/4 c sugar, eggs, milk, orange peel, and
   vanilla. Beat until combined.  Pour over the hot crust. Sprinkle with
   the remaining nuts, cranberries, and coconut.
   
   Bake in the 350 F oven for 30 minutes more or until golden. Cool
   slightly in the pan on a wire rack.  Cut into 24 bars; cut bars in
   half diagonally while warm. Cool completely.
   
   Per cookie:  88 cal, 4 g fat (2 g sat), 14 mg chol, 23 mg sod, 1 g
   pro.
   
   Reprinted from Better Homes and Gardens Magazine, November 1996.
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