{"id":4842,"date":"2025-12-12T14:30:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T19:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/martins.eatsmartbewell.com\/home\/?p=4842"},"modified":"2025-12-12T14:30:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T19:30:12","slug":"cranberry-bars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/martins.eatsmartbewell.com\/home\/cranberry-bars\/","title":{"rendered":"Cranberry Bars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"ngg-singlepic ngg-none\" src=\"https:\/\/martins.eatsmartbewell.com\/home\/wp-content\/gallery\/recipes\/CranberryBars.jpg\" alt=\"Cranberry Bars\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/martins.eatsmartbewell.com\/home\/category\/martins-videos\/?v_id=4843\"><strong>Click to See How-To Video!<\/strong><\/a><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"icoDL\" src=\"https:\/\/martins.eatsmartbewell.com\/home\/wp-content\/images\/ico_Print.png\" alt=\"download\" title=\"Print Recipe\" onClick=\"window.print()\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/martins.eatsmartbewell.com\/home\/cranberry-bars\/email\/\" title=\"Email This Post\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"WP-EmailIcon\" src=\"https:\/\/martins.eatsmartbewell.com\/home\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-email\/images\/ico_email.png\" alt=\"Email This Post\" title=\"Email This Post\" style=\"border: 0px;\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<span class=\"recTitle\">Cranberry Bars<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"recPrep\">Prep: 20 minutes plus cooling<br \/>\nBake: 45 minutes \u2022 Serves: 16<\/span> <!--more--><\/p>\n<div class=\"recIngre\"><span> <\/span><strong>Our Family\u00ae Butter Flavored No Stick Cooking Spray<\/strong><br \/>\n<span>2\t<\/span>cups 1-to-1 gluten free flour<br \/>\n<span>1\/2 <\/span>cup <strong>Our Family\u00ae Old-Fashioned Rolled Oats<\/strong><br \/>\n<span>2\t<\/span>tablespoons ground flaxseed<br \/>\n<span>1\/2 <\/span>teaspoon kosher salt<br \/>\n<span>1\t<\/span>cup <strong>Our Family\u00ae Unsalted Butter<\/strong> (2 sticks), softened<br \/>\n<span>3\/4 <\/span>cup <strong>Our Family\u00ae Granulated Sugar<\/strong><br \/>\n<span>1\/2 <\/span>cup <strong>Our Family\u00ae Brown Sugar<\/strong><br \/>\n<span>1\t<\/span>large <strong>Our Family\u00ae Egg<\/strong><br \/>\n<span>2\t<\/span>teaspoons <strong>Our Family\u00ae Vanilla Extract<\/strong><br \/>\n<span>1\t<\/span>bag (12 ounces) cranberries<br \/>\n<span>2\t<\/span>tablespoons fresh orange juice<br \/>\n<span>1-1\/2 <\/span>tablespoons <strong>Our Family\u00ae Corn Starch<\/strong><br \/>\n<span>1\/2 <\/span>teaspoon <strong>Our Family\u00ae Ground Cinnamon<\/strong> plus additional for garnish (optional)<br \/>\n<span>\t<\/span>Vanilla ice cream or whipped cream for serving (optional) <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"recPrep\"><span>1.<\/span>Preheat oven to 375\u00b0. Line 13 x 9-inch baking dish with aluminum foil so foil extends about 2 inches over opposite sides of dish; spray with cooking spray.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"recPrep\"><span>2.<\/span>In medium bowl, whisk flour, oats, flaxseed and salt. In large bowl, with mixer on medium-high speed, beat butter, 1\/4 cup granulated sugar and brown sugar 2 minutes or until light and fluffy, scraping down bowl occasionally. Add egg and vanilla extract; beat 1 minute or until incorporated, scraping down bowl occasionally. With mixer on medium-low speed, gradually add flour mixture and beat 1 minute or until just incorporated.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"recPrep\"><span>3.<\/span>Press 2\/3 of the dough into bottom of prepared dish. In separate large bowl, toss cranberries, orange juice, corn starch, cinnamon and remaining 1\/2 cup granulated sugar; spread over dough in baking dish. Crumble remaining 1\/3 of the dough over cranberry mixture; bake 45 minutes or until cranberry mixture is bubbly and edges are golden brown, rotating baking dish once during baking. Cool bar completely in dish on wire rack.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"recPrep\"><span>4.<\/span>Using overhanging sides of foil, transfer bar to cutting board; remove foil and cut into 16 (3 x 2-inch) bars. Serve bars topped with ice cream or whipped cream garnished with cinnamon, if desired. Makes 16 bars.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"recNut\"><br \/>\nApproximate nutritional values per serving (1 bar):<br \/>\n255 Calories, 13g Fat, 7g Saturated Fat, 42mg Cholesterol, 71mg Sodium,<br \/>\n33g Carbohydrates, 2g Fiber, 17g Sugars, 16g Added Sugars, 2g Protein<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cranberry Bars Prep: 20 minutes plus cooling Bake: 45 minutes \u2022 Serves: 16<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4842","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-desserts","category-recipes"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - 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