cranberry oatmeal bars
 
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Serves: 9 bars
Ingredients
  • For the crust:
  • butter for greasing the pan
  • 1cup all purpose flour
  • 1cup old fashioned oats
  • ½cup packed brown sugar
  • ¼tsp kosher salt
  • ¼tsp baking soda
  • ¼tsp ground cinnamon
  • 6tbsp butter, melted
  • 3tbsp orange juice
  • FILLING:
  • 2⅔cups fresh or frozen cranberries
  • ¾cup plain yogurt or sour cream
  • ⅓cup granulated sugar
  • 2tbsp all purpose flour
  • 1tsp vanilla extract
  • ½tsp orange zest
  • 1 large egg white, lightly beaten
  • Optional:
  • Melted white chocolate for drizzling
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven 325ºF. Grease an 8X8 square pan with butter.
  2. For the crust place flour, oats, brown sugar, salt, baking soda and cinnamon in a bowl and whisk together. Stir in butter and juice until just combined. Will be crumbly.
  3. Reserve ½ cup of crust and press the rest into the bottom of the prepared pan.
  4. For the filling combine all ingredients in a bowl. Spread evenly on top of crust in pan and top with reserved crust. If will not cover cranberries entirely and that's a good thing.
  5. Bake on the middle rack for 40 minutes or until edges turn golden. Allow to cool completely in pan on wire rack before cutting. Drizzle with melted white chocolate for extra sweetness. Enjoy!
Recipe by pretty plain janes at https://prettyplainjanes.com/2015/09/16/cranberry-oatmeal-bars/