Everyone seemed to really enjoy the last time I made a review post. So, today I made 2 dessert bars. I admit I did mess with the recipe for the orange dream bars, but you’ll see when you get there! Enjoy!
Chocolate Chip Cherry Bars
These bars were delicious! The cherries added a light flavor that made these bars so much fancier than just normal chocolate chip bars. I cooked these bars for the recommended 27 minutes, and they were very good, but after cutting them open noticed they were still a bit doughy in the thicker parts. I also like cookies that way though. So, if you want them completely cooked, give them the extra 5 minutes. I highly recommend these if you like chocolate chip cookies and are looking for a twist! I used left over strained maraschino cherries from Christmas and they worked perfectly.
Orange Dream Bars
Don’t let it’s appearance fool you! This is a DELICIOUS orange bar, and the only reason it turned out so weird is because I chose not to follow directions (my bad). The ingredients for the custard are absolutely perfect and the refreshing flavor of orange made me feel like it was summer. For this recipe, I also used up our left over oranges from Christmas, and so it was perfect! I halved 3 oranges and that was more than enough orange juice and zest for the recipe.
How I messed up the recipe: So, I don’t really like crusts on things. I find pie crusts and the like, rather bland and the texture unappealing. So, whenever I make a dessert recipe with a crust, I like to try and substitute in a graham cracker crust. So, for this recipe, I made a graham cracker crust by mixing 1 1/2 cups of graham cracker crumbs with 1/2 cup of butter (1 stick) mixed it, then patted it into the foil lined 9×13 pan. I then poured the orange custard over top and baked it for an extra 3 minutes (26 minutes total). This came out perfect! And though the “crust” was no longer existent, the flavors were amazing! Graham crackers, butter, and orange taste so good together! So, I would make this recipe again, but next time, I would cook the custard first till it is cooked fully, let it cool, then cover it with the graham cracker crust and make it an Upside-Down Orange Dream Bar!
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