Leftover Cranberry Sauce? Finally a Dessert Recipe

I love Cranberry Sauce.  Unfortunately, I am the only one who eats it.  So when Thanksgiving comes I buy one can of cranberry sauce eat one slice of the  jellied variety or a spoonful of the whole berry sauce and the rest is leftover. It made me kind of sad.  I even thought of giving up the sauce this year but held my ground.  It is so hard to break the habit. 

This year I bought the whole berry and was so happy when I found this recipe on allrecipes.com.  Because it is disguised as a dessert they actually ate it.  Lucky me I can have my cake and eat it too with cranberry sauce thank you very much!  Give it a try.  See what you think.

Cranberry Squares

INGREDIENTS
3/4 cup white sugar
2 cups all-purpose sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup butter or margarine
1 egg
2 cups cranberry sauce

PREPARATION

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

In a large bowl, stir together the sugar, flour, baking powder and salt. Cut in the butter or margarine until the lumps are no larger than peas. Stir in the egg just a little bit at a time but allow the mixture to stay crumbly.

Sprinkle half of the mixture in an even layer in the bottom of a 9 x 13 inch pan. Pack down into a solid crust.  Spread the cranberry sauce over the crust. Crumble the remaining mixture over the cranberry sauce.

Bake for 40 minutes in a 350 degree preheated oven until the top is golden brown.  Cool before slicing bars.