Cranberry Oat Bars
Created by NightBaker on December 19, 2012
- Servings: 48
- Prep Time: 20m
- Cook Time: 20m
- Recipe #7116
Ingredients
- Cranberry Filling:
- 1/2 to 3/4 cup granulated sugar (depending on the sweetness you like)
- 1/4 cup orange juice
- 1/4 cup water
- 2 cups fresh cranberries
- 1 tablespoon grated orange peel
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- Oat Crust:
- 3/4 cup packed brown sugar
- 1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened
- 1 1/2 cups quick-cooking or old-fashioned oats
- 1 cup all-purpose or whole wheat flour
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
How to Make
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Step 1: Preheat oven to 350 degreesF. Grease a 13x9 pan.
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Step 2: For cranberry filling; In 1 1/2-quart saucepan, mix granulated sugar, orange juice and water. Heat to boiling. Stir in all remaining Cranberry Filling ingredients. Cook over medium heat about 10 minutes, stirring occasionally, until thickened; cool.
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Step 3: For oat crust; In medium bowl, mix brown sugar and butter. Stir in all remaining ingredients until crumbly.
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Step 4: Press half of the crumbly mixture into the pan. Spread with cranberry filling. Top with remaining crumbly mixture; press down lightly.
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Step 5: Bake about 20 minutes or until light brown. For bars, cut into 8 rows by 6 rows while warm.
Nutritional Facts
- Serving Size: 1 (17.9 g)
- Calories 50.9
- Total Fat - 2.1 g
- Saturated Fat - 0.4 g
- Cholesterol - 0.3 mg
- Sodium - 17.1 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 7.5 g
- Dietary Fiber - 0.5 g
- Sugars - 1.7 g
- Protein - 0.7 g
- Calcium - 6.8 mg
- Iron - 0.2 mg
- Vitamin C - 1.4 mg
- Thiamin - 0 mg