Chewy Cranberry Pecan Oat Bars

These Chewy Cranberry Pecan Oat Bars are naturally sweetened with honey and coconut palm sugar. They're a perfect make-ahead granola bar as they freeze well.

❤️ Why you'll love these granola bars

• Hearty oats, crunchy pecans, cranberries, and honey combine to make these chewy Cranberry Pecan Oat Bars, my new favorite granola bar!
• These oat bars are perfect for a quick and easy mid-morning or afternoon snack.
• This is an easy recipe that kids can make for their school lunches, too.
• Made with wholesome oats! For more recipes with oats, see this collection of 35 Gluten-Free Recipes with Rolled Oats.

🛒 Ingredients

• quick cooking oats, certified gluten-free, if necessary
• coconut sugar, or brown sugar
• pecans, coarsely chopped
• dried cranberries
• cinnamon
• pure vanilla extract
• honey, warmed
• coconut oil or butter, melted

🥄 Instructions

Mix the dry ingredients and wet ingredients separately, then combine and press firmly into a lined baking dish. Bake.

Cool after baking, then cut into 30 small squares, or leave as larger bars. 

🔁 Possible Variations

🕑 How to store oat bars

Store these cranberry oat bars in an airtight container at room temperature. For longer storage, freeze in an airtight contaitner.

🗒 More gluten-free bars and cookies

📖 Recipe

Cranberry Pecan Oat Bars

These Chewy Cranberry Pecan Oat Bars are naturally sweetened with honey and coconut palm sugar. They're a perfect make-ahead bar as they freeze well.

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Course: Bars and Cookies

Cuisine: American, Canadian, Gluten-Free

Diet: Gluten Free

Prep Time: 10 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 25 minutes minutes

Total Time: 35 minutes minutes

Servings: 30 bars

Calories: 149kcal

Author: Elaine

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Ingredients

• ▢ 4 cups quick cooking oats, gluten-free, if necessary
• ▢ ½ cup coconut sugar, or brown sugar
• ▢ 1 cup pecans, coarsely chopped
• ▢ 1 cup dried cranberries
• ▢ 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• ▢ 2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• ▢ 1 cup honey, warmed
• ▢ ½ cup coconut oil or butter, melted

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Line a 9 x 13" baking pan with parchment paper leaving extra on two sides so you'll be able to lift out the bars after they're baked.
• In a large bowl, combine oats, sugar, pecans, cranberries and cinnamon.
• Combine honey, coconut oil and vanilla extract and mix with dry ingredients until well combined.
• Transfer to the prepared pan, spreading and firmly packing it in.
• Bake for 25 minutes or until golden. Let cool completely, then using the parchment paper as handles, lift the slab out and transfer to a cutting board. Slice into 24 - 30 small bars or 12-15 large bars.  Store in a sealed container. These bars freeze well.

Notes

Calorie count is based on cutting the pan into 30 bars.

Nutrition

Calories: 149kcal | Carbohydrates: 23g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 7g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Sodium: 6mg | Potassium: 60mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 14g | Vitamin A: 2IU | Vitamin C: 0.1mg | Calcium: 9mg | Iron: 1mg

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