As I was baking these bars, I knew I loved the idea of them, but was not sure if they would turn out to be as good as I was hoping. For me cranberry is one of my favorite holiday flavors, but they have to be sweetened perfectly in order to really enjoy every bite of them. Let me just tell you....they are as good as I hoped. 
The combination of the buttery and oatmeal crust with the sweetened cranberries is just perfect! As you are baking for the holidays or any of your cookie exchange parties, I hope you will add these to your table! Enjoy
Cranberry Oatmeal Butter Bars
- Yield: 15 1x
Ingredients
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 2 cups rolled oats
- 1 ½ cups light brown sugar
- ½ tsp baking soda
- 1 ¼ cups unsalted butter, melted
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 3 cups fresh cranberries
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- 2 tsp cinnamon, ground
- 1 tbsp orange zest
- 2 tbsp orange juice
Instructions
- preheat oven to 350 degrees F and line a 9x13 pan with foil
- whisk together flour, oats, brown sugar, baking soda and salt
- add the melted butter and vanilla to dry ingredients
- press ½ the mixture into the bottom of the pan to form a crust
- bake crust for 8-10 mintues
- prepare the cranberries while the crust is baking: combine cranberries, sugar, cinnamon, orange zest and juice
- remove crust from the oven and spread cranberry mixture to cover the crust
- add the remaining crumble topping over cranberries
- bake for 15-20 minutes until crumb topping is golden brown
- cool bars completely before cutting and serving
- serve or store in an air tight container
Mary M. Martinez says
I look forward to giving this a try. It is beautiful!
kristen massad says
Thank you!