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Patriotic Cookie Bars

Hi everyone! I'm back with another patriotic dessert for all of you with the 4th of July coming up in just a few days! This recipe is perfect for summer with a light and fluffy whipped cream and fresh fruit on top all assembled to resemble the American Flag. How exciting! As always please share all of your creations with me through any of our social media accounts and especially our Facebook group page called Baketivity Community. I always love seeing what you all come up with/ your experience with my recipes :) Enjoy!   Ingredients: Cookie Base:
  • 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted softened butter
  • 1 ½ cups powdered sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 2 tsp. Vanilla sugar
  • 2 ¼ cups all purpose flour
  • 1 ½ tsp. Baking powder
  • 1 tsp. Salt
Whipped Cream:
  • 1 cup heavy cream
  • 2 tsp. vanilla extract
  • 1 1/2 Tbsp. powdered sugar
Topping:
  • One carton of strawberries (washed & sliced)
  • One carton of blueberries (washed)
  Directions:
  1. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. and line a cookie sheet with a silicone mat or parchment paper.
  2. In a medium size bowl measure and whisk all of your dry ingredients then set aside.
  3. In a large bowl, cream the butter and powdered sugar using a whisk until there are no lumps and your mixture is light in color and smooth. Add in your eggs and vanilla and continue to mix.
  4. Slowly add your dry ingredients to your bowl and continue mixing until your dough forms. Transfer your dough onto a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper.
  5. Spread the dough out evenly on the cookie sheet spreading and flattening it to the pan with your hands.
  6. Once the dough is evenly spread out, bake for 12-18 minutes or until golden brown on the edges.
  7. While the cookie base is in the oven, go ahead and slice the strawberries as you see pictured and make the whipped cream.
  8. To make the whipped cream, using a handheld whisk or stand mixer fit with the whisk attachment, beat the heavy cream on high for about 5 minutes until it thickens. Add in the vanilla and powdered sugar.
  9. Continue to whisk the whipped cream together until it is just fluffy enough to be spread.
  10. Let the cookie base cool completely before decorating.
  11. Once it's time to decorate, spread the whipped cream out evenly across the cookie.
  12. Next, apply the blueberries in straight lines to make a square in the top left corner.
  13. Line the strawberries in lines across the whipped cream as even as possible.
  14. Ta-da! Patriotic cookie bars! Enjoy.
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