This is your basic crumble or oatmeal bar base, with cranberry sauce or jelly in the middle. I am rather proud of myself and used my own homemade highbush cranberry jelly from the fall and it was fantastic!
That could be that I was just happy to use something I made myself, doesn’t it almost always taste better?
This would be amazing with more jelly in the middle and then served as a “crumble” instead of a square, with vanilla ice cream on top. Warm from the oven and delicious ice cream….yes please!
Ingredients Needed:
1 1/2 cups of quick oats
1 1/2 cups of flour
1 cup of packed brown sugar
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 cup of butter
one 14 oz (398 ml) can of cranberry sauce
or 1 2/3 cups of your own cranberry sauce/jelly
This was a Sunday morning baking project so of course, there are little pajama clad children “helping” me bake.
Which was more making a mess but they sure were proud of themselves and I love to get them involved.
Here they are mixing the first 4 ingredients.
Once the kids are done “helping”, take the butter and cut it in, until it’s perfectly crumbly. I find that rubbing it between your palms lightly works so well.
Firmly press 2/3 of the mix into a greased 9×9 pan.
Once the bottom layer is done, pour the cranberry sauce, or jelly, on top.
If you are making more of a crumble, add another cup of filling. This is my homemade jelly so it’s very clear and has no crushed berries in it.
It tasted fantastic. I would love to try making my own cranberry sauce and making a crumble out of this.
Bake in a 350 degree oven for 35-40 minutes until it’s a lovely brown like below.
Cool this completely and then slice into 25 squares. It is crumbly but if you are patient and cool it for a long time, they hold together.
Yum.
Just yum.
- 1½ cups of quick oats
- 1½ cups of flour
- 1 cup of packed brown sugar
- ½ tsp baking soda
- 1 cup of butter
- one 14 oz (398 ml) can of cranberry sauce
- or 1⅔ cups of your own cranberry sauce/jelly
- Mix the first 4 ingredients together, then take the butter and cut it in, until it’s perfectly crumbly. I find that rubbing it between your palms lightly works so well.
- Firmly press ⅔ of the mix into a greased 9×9 pan.
- Once the bottom layer is done, pour the cranberry sauce, or jelly, on top.
- If you are making more of a crumble, add another cup of filling. This is my homemade jelly so it’s very clear and has no crushed berries in it.
- Bake in a 350 degree oven for 35-40 minutes until it’s a lovely brown like below.
- Cool this completely and then slice into 25 squares. It is crumbly but if you are patient and cool it for a long time, they hold together.
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