A healthy snack to have around the house or take to school. If you want, you can jazz up the cranberry date bars with a little frosting.
Cranberry Date Bars
Servings
3 Servings
Ingredients
- 6 ounce package sweetened dried cranberries
- 8 ounce package chopped dates
- 1/2 cup water plus more as needed
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup whole wheat flour
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 2 cups old fashioned oats
- 1 cup brown sugar packed
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup margarine or butter
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1-2 tablespoons orange juice
- 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 F.
- In a saucepan over low heat, simmer cranberries, dates and water, stirring constantly. Simmer until all water is absorbed; remove from heat. Stir in 1 teaspoon of vanilla; set aside.
- In a medium bowl, combine whole wheat flour, all-purpose flour, oats, brown sugar, baking soda and salt. Stir in butter or margarine until well blended.
- Put half of the flour mixture into ungreased 9 x 13-inch pan; bake in oven for 8 minutes. Spoon cranberry/date mixture over crust; sprinkle with remaining flour mixture, pat gently.
- Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until lightly browned; cool. If desired, drizzle with frosting.
- Source: Wheat Foods Council
You are right, I think it is or – I fixed it.
Is this supposed to have both margarine AND butter? I’m wondering if that’s written correctly, or if it’s supposed to be one or the other. Thank you.
I made these bars on Tu B’Shevat and they were very tasty. The next time I make these I would, however, reduce the amount of flour by 1/2 cup. The crust/topping was a bit dry. I would also add 1/4 chopped pecans or walnuts to the topping mixture.