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