Cranberry Oatmeal Bars

By cortanez

Ingredients

• 2 cups old fashioned rolled oats
• 2 cups flour (2 cups of almond flour)
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1 tsp. baking powder
• 1 /2 tsp. baking soda
• 1 /2 tsp. salt
• 1 cup cold unsalted butter, cut into small pieces (2 sticks)
• 1 (14 oz.) can whole berry cranberry sauce or 1 and 1/2 cups homemade cranberry sauce

Details

Adapted from cookthestory.com

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350ºF.

In a large bowl mix together the oats, flour, brown sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Use your fingers to rub in the butter until everything is moistened and no pieces are bigger than the oats.

Spoon three-quarters of the oat mixture into a 13"x 9" cake pan (this is the smallest sheet pan). Press down on it firmly to form a firm layer that evenly covers the bottom of the pan. Add the cranberry sauce in dollops and spread it in a thin layer over the oat layer. Sprinkle with the remaining oat mixture.

Bake for 25-28 minutes.

Allow to cool in the pan on a wire rack. Cut into 8 strips along the length of the pan and 3 strips along the width yielding 24 bars.

NOTE: Mixture didn't harden well. Try to find another recipe so that the bar stays together.