Make a batch of these Oatmeal Cranberry Cookie Bars for snacks, dessert or even breakfast. An easy to make cookie bar made in a sheet pan with oatmeal, dried cranberries and pantry staples. A perfect fall treat that freezes great.

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Looking for a new Cookie recipe to make this week? Well, since it’s the middle of September, I think these Oatmeal Cranberry Cookie Bars are a great place to start. These make a big batch and I had to send them off to my husband’s work place, otherwise…..

Dried cranberries are great in cookies, Scones, loaf cakes and so much more. These bars are much like my Oatmeal Pecan Bars that get rave reviews every single time.

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What Are These Cookie Bars Like

• Difficulty – These cookie bars are super easy to make. The only part that requires a little time is pressing the dough into a rimmed cookie sheet. This could take a few minutes to make sure the dough stretches to the sides of the pan.
• Taste – The perfect sweet and tart flavour with a oat texture and a little of a chewy texture and caramelised flavour from the brown sugar. A great combo!
• Serving – This recipe makes a cookie sheet sized recipe. I got 45 cookie bars from this batch. You can easily cut yours larger if you like. I found these the perfect size to go with a cup of tea or coffee.

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Ingredients

• Butter – This recipe uses unsalted butter at room temperature.
• Sugars – I used a combination of packed brown sugar and granulated white sugar.
• Eggs – Use room temperature large eggs at room temperature.
• Vanilla -Vanilla extract adds flavour to the cookie bars.
• Flour – All purpose flour is the most common variety and it’s what I used for these cookies.
• Baking soda – This is the rising agent used for the cookies.
• Salt – A little salt enhances flavours.
• Oats – I used rolled oats for this recipe. They are often referred to as old fashioned oats.
• Cranberries – This recipe uses dried cranberries. Often they are referred to as craisins. You will find these in most supermarkets with the dried goods like nuts, dried fruits, etc.

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Instructions

1. Preheat oven – Preheat oven to 350ºF/180ºC. Grease and line with parchment paper a large baking tray, 9 x 13 inches
2. Combine all wet ingredients – In the bowl of your electric mixer, combine the butter, brown sugar and white sugar. Mix on high speed for about 3 minutes. Add eggs one at a time, mixing well after each additions. Whisk in vanilla
3. Sift dry ingredients – Sift together the flour, baking soda and salt.
4. Add dry ingredients to cookie dough – Add the flour and the oats to the batter and stir until just combined, about a minute. Fold in the chopped cranberries.
5. Bake – Press evenly into prepared pan. Bake for 18 minutes. Remove from oven and lay tray on a cooling rack and leave them to cool completely.
6. Cut and store – Cut into squares and store in an airtight container. Will keep up to 3 days. Freeze up to two months.

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Recipe Tips

• It’s a good idea to use your hands to press the cookie dough into the pan. The cookie dough is sticky, so flour your hands to make it easier.
• You can add extra dried cranberries over the cookie dough once you have pressed it into the pan.
• These bars are not chewy, but more oat like with the texture of a scone almost.
• These freeze really well. Just make sure you let them cool completely before freezing. Also, use an airtight container so they don’t get freezer burn.

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Substitutions

The only change I would recommend would be to switch the dried cranberries for another flavour that you like. You could try raisins, pecans or walnuts. Other than that, stick to the recipe for best results.

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Storage

• In the fridge – These cookie bars will keep in the fridge up to 5 days. Just remember to have them stored in an airtight container.
• In the freezer – Alternatively, you can store these cookie bars in the freezer in an freezer proof container. Just make sure they have completely cooled down. Layer parchment paper between the layers of cookies so they don’t stick together.
• On a cookie tray or as a gift – These are great cookies to give as a gift or make part of a cookie tray. Just make sure to tell the recipient that they need to be refrigerated.

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