International Recipes
Saskatoon Bars
Delicious heart-healthy Saskatoon Bars. You can replace the saskatoons with raspberries or strawberries.
Ingredients
Bar
- Cooking spray
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 1/2 cup butter
- 2 cups granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon almond extract
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 4 large eggs
- 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 1/2 cups whole wheat flour
- 2 cups saskatoons, blueberries, raspberries or strawberries, fresh or frozen
Icing
- 1 cup confectioners' sugar
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1 teaspoon almond extract
- 1 to 2 tablespoons milk
Instructions
- Heat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Spray a large 10 1/2 x 15 inch jellyroll pan or cookie sheet with canola cooking or baking spray.
- In a large mixing bowl, cream together oil, butter and sugar. Add eggs, vanilla extract and almond extract. Beat well.
- In a second bowl, combine baking soda and flours. Add to the oil and sugar mixture. Mix well.
- Spread 2/3 of the batter in pan. Sprinkle with saskatoons or other berry. Using a teaspoon, drop the remaining batter over the berries and bottom layer.
- Bake for 30 to 40 minutes or until cake tester inserted in base of bars comes out clean.
- While the bar is baking, prepare the Icing. In a small bowl, mix together confectioners' sugar, butter, almond extract and enough milk to make a smooth pourable icing.
- As soon as the bar is removed from the oven, drizzle icing evenly over the top. Allow to cool, and serve.