White Chocolate Cranberry Crumb Bars
Adapted from Broma Bakery (https://bromabakery.com/cranberry-crumb-bars/?utm_campaign=later-linkinbio-bromabakery&utm_content=later-31720830&utm_medium=social&utm_source=linkin.bio)
5855 cal/recipe
Ingredients
Crust Dough
- 2/3 cup old fashioned oats
- 2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
- 2/3 cup granulated sugar
- 2/3 packed cup brown sugar
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 3/4 tsp salt
- 1 cup unsalted butter, cold and cut into small cubes
- 1 egg, room temperature
- 2 tbsp milk
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
Cranberry Layer
- 4 cups fresh whole cranberries
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 2 tbsp flour
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tbsp orange zest (zest of one orange)
- 1/8 tsp salt
White Chocolate Drizzle
- 1/2 cup white chocolate chips, melted
Directions
- Preheat the oven to 350 °F.
- Line a 9-inch by 9-inch pan with parchment paper on all sides.
- In a large bowl combine the oats, flour, sugars, baking soda, and salt and then stir to combine.
- Cut the butter cubes into the oat mixture until the mixture start to clump together and resembles wet sand.
- Make a well in the center of the the dry ingredient and add the egg and milk.
- Use a fork to beat the egg and milk together and stir together until it forms a dough ball.
- Press about 2/3 of the mixture into an even layer in your prepared pan.
- In a second large bowl combine all of the ingredients for the cranberry layer and toss to combine.
- Spread the cranberries over the prepared crust`, patting into an even layer.
- Sprinkle the remaining crust over the cranberries, patting it gently onto the cranberry layer.
- Bake for 30 to 40 minutes or until the crust has puffed up and is golden brown around the edges and the cranberries are bubbling.
- Allow to cool completely before drizzling with white chocolate and slicing.