cranberry crumble bars made healthy
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This recipe came from Good Life Eats, healthier for you if made with the oat and barley flours, or you can use 2 1/2 cups regular flour. Great time of year for these, perfect Holiday gift too!
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yield
8 x 8 pan
prep time
10 Min
cook time
45 Min
method
Bake
Ingredients For cranberry crumble bars made healthy
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1 cwhole wheat pastry flour, you can use a total of 2 1/2 cups if you don't have oat and barley flour
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3/4 coat flour
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3/4 cbarley flour
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1/2 coats
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1 stickbutter, soften
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1/3 colive oil plus 2 tablespoons
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1/2 cunrefined sugar
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1 tspcinnamon, more if you like
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1 tspvanilla extract
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1 tspbaking powder
- FILLING:
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3-4 cfresh cranberries (never tried it with dried)
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1/2 csugar, unrefined, could actually do 1/4 cup but you may want it sweeter
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3 Tbsporange juice
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1 Tbspcorn starch
How To Make cranberry crumble bars made healthy
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1Preheat the oven 375 degrees F Butter and flour a 8.5x8.5 inch square pan (this is what I used but you can use any other larger size you may have)
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2In a bowl mix together sugar, oats, flours, cinnamon and baking powder. Add the butter, vanilla and oil and mix until the texture resembles coarse breadcrumbs. Dough will come together just like the picture.
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3Pat half the dough into the prepared pan. Place reserved half aside. Sprinkle the cranberry mixture evenly over the dough in pan, then the rest of the dough on top.
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4Bake for 45-50 minutes, or until top is a light golden brown. Cool completely on wire rack then transfer to the refrigerator to chill before cutting into squares. Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator to chill before cutting into squares. Store in airtight container in the refrigerator.
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