Summary:
Got some leftover cranberry sauce? This recipe shows you how to use it up to make these amazing cranberry sauce oatmeal bars with brown sugar — great for breakfast or dessert.
INGREDIENTS
- 2 cups leftover cranberry sauce
- 2 cups
oats - 2 cups
all-purpose flour - 1 cup butter (2 sticks) melted
- 1/2 cup
brown sugar - 1 teaspoon
baking powder - 1 teaspoon
baking soda - 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 eggs beaten
INSTRUCTIONS
- Combine oats, flour, brown sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a large mixing bowl. Mix well and break up any clumps.
- Add beaten eggs and melted butter to the bowl. Mix well until the eggs and butter are soaked up by the mixture.
- Prepare a buttered 11 x 8.5 inch (2 quart) baking dish. Spread about 2/3 of the mixture along the bottom of the baking dish, pressing down flat. Then spread cranberry sauce as the middle layer. Lastly, spread the remaining 1/3 of the mixture as the top layer.
- Bake at 350 F for 30 minutes. Let cool and cut into bars.
NUTRITION
225 kcal/serving
Having shared a delicious cranberry sauce recipe recently, I thought this post would be a great follow-up on how to use up leftover cranberry sauce. These cranberry sauce oatmeal bars taste exactly like how my ideal cranberry and oat dessert would taste: a little sweet but not too sweet (so that you can enjoy it for breakfast), very generous in the cranberry department, a bit crumbly, and a texture similar to homemade granola.
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Having shared a delicious cranberry sauce recipe recently, I thought this post would be a great follow-up on how to use up leftover cranberry sauce. These cranberry sauce oatmeal bars taste exactly like how my ideal cranberry and oat dessert would taste: a little sweet but not too sweet (so that you can enjoy it for breakfast), very generous in the cranberry department, a bit crumbly, and a texture similar to homemade granola.
Can I use almond flour and coconut flour and stevia in order to keep close to keto?
Yummo!!!! Substituted pure maple syrup, my cranberry sauce had dried cherries and clementines in it. I would have added chopped walnuts if I had them on hand, next time!
I made the granola bars from leftover cranberry sauce/whole cranberries. Looks really good but I Amber’s wondering if these bars can be frozen?
I haven’t tried freezing them, so I can’t say how they would turn out.
This was a perfect way to use up my leftover cranberry/apple sauce from Christmas. I added chopped pecans and coconut to the top layer. Bars came out perfectly and it tastes delicious!
These look delicious!
Britt
Í like it.