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Updated Sep 17, 2020
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This isn't your grandma's fruitcake! Refrigerated chocolate chip cookie dough is mixed with candied fruit pieces and layered with jam for a bar recipe that could give fruitcake a great new reputation!

Chocolate Chip Fruitcake Bars

  • Prep Time 10 min
  • Total 1 hr 40 min
  • Ingredients 5
  • Servings 24
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Ingredients

Instructions

  • Step 
    1
    Heat oven to 350°F. Spray 8-inch square pan with cooking spray. Break up 2/3 of cookie dough into pan. With floured fingers, press dough evenly in bottom of pan to form crust. (DO NOT EAT RAW COOKIE DOUGH AFTER PRESSING DOUGH IN PAN WITH FLOURED FINGERS.)
  • Step 
    2
    Break up remaining 1/3 of dough into small bowl. Add candied fruit and flour; mix well. Spread jam over dough in pan. Sprinkle with candied fruit mixture; press lightly into jam.
  • Step 
    3
    Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until deep golden brown. Cool completely, about 1 hour. Lightly dust with powdered sugar. Cut into bars.

Nutrition

120 Calories
4g Total Fat
0g Protein
21g Total Carbohydrate
12g Sugars

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1 Bar
Calories
120
Calories from Fat
35
Total Fat
4g
6%
Saturated Fat
1g
5%
Trans Fat
1g
Cholesterol
5mg
2%
Sodium
65mg
3%
Potassium
0mg
0%
Total Carbohydrate
21g
7%
Dietary Fiber
0g
0%
Sugars
12g
Protein
0g
% Daily Value*:
Vitamin A
0%
0%
Vitamin C
0%
0%
Calcium
0%
0%
Iron
0%
0%
Exchanges:
0 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1/2 Fat;
Carbohydrate Choice
1 1/2
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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