Cranberry, Date and Orange Crumbly Bars
Author: Kerry Weisser
Recipe type: Dessert, Snack, Breakfast Bar
Cuisine: American
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Serves: 30 bars
- 2 cups chopped dates
- 1 ½ cups fresh orange juice
- 1 cup dried cranberries
- 1 Tablespoon grated orange peel
- 3 cups oats
- 3 cups flour (I used a combo of whole wheat, white-wheat and almond meal flour)
- 1 cup brown sugar
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 ½ cups butter (I used 1 cup butter and ½ cup coconut oil
- 1 Tablespoon water
- In a medium saucepan combine 1 cup orange juice and dates and cook over medium heat for 5 minutes.
- Stir often so dates do not stick.
- Add remaining ½ cup orange juice, ⅔ cup dried cranberries and orange peel.
- Stir and set aside to cool.
- In a large bowl, combine oats, flour, sugar, baking soda and salt.
- Mix until combined.
- Cut in butter/coconut oil until a coarse crumbly mixture results.
- Press ⅔ of the crumbly mixture into a lightly greased 9 x 13 pan.
- Spread cooled date, orange, cranberry mixture evenly over cookie crumble base.
- Add remaining ⅓ cup dried cranberries to the remaining ⅓ of oat mixture with 1 Tablespoon of water and mix thoroughly, to make topping.
- Sprinkle topping over date mixture and press down lightly.
- Bake in a 375 degree oven for 25-30 minutes until slightly golden on top.
- Cool and cut into bars.
- Makes 24-30 (2 inch square)bars.
Recipe by Growing Weisser at https://www.growingweisser.com/cranberry-date-and-orange-crumbly-bars
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