Cranberry Oatmeal Squares

There is something about winter and oatmeal that just go together!

Throw in some cranberries and we have ourselves a winter winner!!

One of the many recipe sites I frequent is myrecipes.com

This is were I found the recipe for these wonderful Cranberry-Oat Squares while I was searching for some healthy desert recipes.  This recipe, originally published in Cooking Light November 2008, fit the bill!

One bowl for crust ingredients

One bowl for filling ingredients

A few tweaks here and there to suit my taste and you have one really good, fairly healthy, winter wonderbar!!

Yum!

Today I am happy to be linking up at Not Your Ordinary Recipes!

Wishing you a sweet day

Maureen

Cranberry Oatmeal Squares

Maureen Reynolds

These cranberry oat bars feature a layer of sweetened cranberry sour cream filling between a delicious oatmeal crust.

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Prep Time 20 minutes mins

Cook Time 3 minutes mins

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Servings 16

Equipment

• 8 inch square baking pan
• 2 large mixing bowls

Ingredients

  

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• 1 cup all purpose flour
• 1 cup quick oats
• ½ cup packed light brown sugar
• ¼ tsp salt
• ¼ tsp baking soda
• ¼ tsp ground cinnamon
• 6 tbsp light margerine softened
• 3 tbsp fresh squeezed orange juice

Filling

• 1 ⅓ cup dried cranberries
• ¾ cup 5% sour cream
• ½ cup granulated sugar
• 2 tbsp all purpose flour
• 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
• ½ tsp grated orange rind
• 1 large egg white lightly beaten

Instructions

Crust and Topping

• In a large bowl combine flour, oats, brown sugar, salt, baking soda and cinnamon
• Rub margarine into the dry ingredients until it resembles a crumbly mixture
• Add orange juice and combine well
• Reserve ½ cup and press the remainder into 8" square pan coated that has been sprayed with non-stick spray. Set aside while you prepare filling.

Filling

• combine cranberries, sour cream, sugar, flour, vanilla, orange rind and egg
• stir well to thoroughly combine all ingredients
• Spread mixture over prepared crust
• Crumble reserved ½ cup of crust over the top of filling to cover as much as the filling as possible
• Bake at 325℉ for 40 minutes or until edges are golden.
• Cool on wire rack

Notes

Store these cranberry oat bars in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 4 days, or freeze for up to two months.

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