Chocolate, Cranberry & Oat Bars

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Chewy and sweet with tart cranberries, rich chocolate chunks and crunchy pecans...these bars can make it that much easier to stick to your smart eating plan.

time

prep:

15 min

total:

45 min

servings

total:

32 servings

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What You Need

cup dried cranberries

1/4

cup orange juice

1-1/2

cups flour

1-1/2

cups quick-cooking oats

tsp. CALUMET Baking Powder

1/4

tsp. salt

3/4

cup margarine, softened

1-1/2

cups packed brown sugar

eggs

pkg. (4 oz.) BAKER'S Semi-Sweet Chocolate, coarsely chopped

1/2

cup chopped PLANTERS Pecans

Make It

HEAT oven to 350ºF.

MICROWAVE cranberries and orange juice in microwaveable bowl on HIGH 30 sec. Mix next 4 ingredients; set aside. Beat margarine and sugar in large bowl with mixer until light and fluffy. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating after each until well blended. Gradually beat in flour mixture. Stir in cranberry mixture, chocolate and nuts.

SPREAD onto bottom of 13x9-inch pan sprayed with cooking spray.

BAKE 25 to 30 min. or until lightly browned. Cool completely before cutting into bars.

Kraft Kitchens Tips

Note from the Kraft Kitchens

Thank you for your feedback. We have increased the bake time as a result of your comments. Enjoy!

Substitute

Substitute raisins for the cranberries.

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a cook

posted:9/27/2011

If you didn't bite into a cranberry or piece of chocolate there wasn't any taste. I will definitely take the suggestion of adding vanilla and cinnamon next time. My husband and son really liked them.

toucan2464

posted:9/13/2011

Made these cookies for a party. They turned out great. Everyone loved them.

haydenites

posted:9/8/2011

We really loved the taste of these bars. I took the suggestion and replaced the white flour with wheat. Can't even tell the difference. I did however change a few things. I put the Cherry cranberry Craisins, and rather then the semi-sweet squares, I used the choc chips, much easier. I added macadamia nuts along with the walnuts. So delicious. I think next time I will use a little less brown sugar since it seemed a little to sweet. Will definitely make again!!

liz82878

posted:5/15/2011

Great breakfast bar. I added a little bit of cinnamon and used mini chocolate chips.

MrzTucker

posted:5/13/2011

This recipe is so good. It was easy to make and my family loves them. I will make them again. I used whole wheat flour instead of all purpose and I added a teaspoon of vanilla exact. Love, love, love.

a cook

posted:2/5/2010

opted w/ out nuts

a cook

posted:12/7/2009

This is a good substitute for scones. Loved it.

smdenney

posted:9/8/2009

taste great, but very dry,and crumbles

mdgaston

posted:7/30/2009

Delicious! I did not have orange juice so I used apple juice and added 1 tsp vanilla and they were great

a cook

posted:12/17/2008

This is one of the best things I've ever eaten! I made for Christmas last year and am getting the ingredients to make again this year. You can't wrong with this one!