Cranberry Oatmeal Bars

These chewy oatmeal bar cookies with dried cranberries, crunchy pecans, and a trio of warm fall spices are easy to make and even easier to eat!

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 15 mins
• Total Time: 30 mins
• Calories: 182 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 cup flour
• 0.25 teaspoon salt
• 0.25 teaspoon baking soda
• 0.33333334326744 cup brown sugar
• 0.25 teaspoon baking powder
• 0.25 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 0.75 cup dried cranberries
• 0.5 cup melted butter
• 0.25 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
• 0.75 cup old-fashioned rolled oats
• 0.75 cup pecans

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease an 11x7-inch baking dish.

Step 2

Pour melted butter into a mixing bowl. Beat in egg, brown sugar, and vanilla. Sift flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, and pumpkin pie spice together into a separate mixing bowl; stir flour mixture into butter mixture until thoroughly blended. Mix in cranberries, pecans, and oats until evenly blended. Press mixture into the prepared baking dish.

Step 3

Bake in the preheated oven until the top is dry and the edges slightly pull away from the sides of the pan, 13 to 15 minutes. Cool before cutting into squares.