Cranberry BarsCranberry Bars
Cranberry Bars
Cranberry Bars
These delicious bars are from the book Staying Alive! A Cook Book for Cancer Free Living. They are easy to make and taste great!
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Cranberry Bars
Prep Time15 Minutes
Servings12
Cook Time45 Minutes
Ingredients
Frozen Cranberries
Rasins
Dried Apricots
Crystalized Ginger
Honey
Apple Juice
Whole Wheat Flour
Suncat or Brown Rice Syrup
Ground Ginger
Coconut Butter
Rolled Oats
Raw Sunflower Seeds
Directions

Heat oven to 350° F (180° C).

 

Filling:

– combine cranberries, dried fruits, honey and apple juice in a medium saucepan.

– Bring to a boil over medium heat.

– Stir until the mixture thickens and the cranberries pop (about 5 to 10 minutes).

 

Base:

– In a large bowl mix together all of the base ingredients, blending in the coconut butter with the tips of your fingers.

– The mix should look like moist crumbs. Set aside 1½ cups of this mix for the topping.

– Grease a 9”x 13” baking pan, and press the crumb mixture into the base.

– Bake at 350° F (180° C) for 15 minutes.

– Remove the base from the oven.

– Spread the cranberry mix over it and cover with the remaining 1½ cups of topping mixture.

– Bake for another 30 minutes.

– Allow to cool before serving.

 

Makes 12 bars

 

Recipe taken from “Staying Alive! A Cook Book for Cancer Free Living” by Sally Errey, RNCP. Copyright 2004. Published by Bellissimo Books, Vancouver, BC.

 

For more information on nutrition for cancer prevention or management, visit Sally’s website at www.myhappytummy.com or email her at [email protected].

15 minutes
Prep Time
45 minutes
Cook Time
12
Servings

Shop Ingredients

Makes 12 servings
Frozen Cranberries
Not Available
Rasins
Dried Fruit - Raisins Thompson Organic
Dried Fruit - Raisins Thompson Organic, 1 Kilogram
$16.36/kg$1.64/100g
Dried Apricots
Organic Traditions - Apricots Dried
Organic Traditions - Apricots Dried, 227 Gram
$8.19$3.61/100g
Crystalized Ginger
The Ginger People - Crystallized Ginger
The Ginger People - Crystallized Ginger, 100 Gram
$5.29$5.29/100g
Honey
Chilliwack River - Mountain Honey
Chilliwack River - Mountain Honey, 500 Gram
$12.99$2.60/100g
Apple Juice
Not Available
Whole Wheat Flour
Anitas Organic - Stone Ground Whole Wheat Flour
Anitas Organic - Stone Ground Whole Wheat Flour, 2 Kilogram
Special
$11.99 was $13.79$0.60/100g
Suncat or Brown Rice Syrup
Not Available
Ground Ginger
Nature's Choice - Bagged Spices Ground Ginger
Nature's Choice - Bagged Spices Ground Ginger, 28 Gram
$3.49$12.46/100g
Coconut Butter
Nutiva - Organic Coconut Manna
Nutiva - Organic Coconut Manna, 445 Millilitre
$14.59$3.28/100ml
Rolled Oats
Anitas Organic - Oats Rolled Old Fashioned
Anitas Organic - Oats Rolled Old Fashioned, 1 Kilogram
Special
$10.99 was $11.99$1.10/100g
Raw Sunflower Seeds
Seeds - Sunflower Seeds Hulled Organic
Seeds - Sunflower Seeds Hulled Organic, 1 Kilogram
$16.27/kg$1.63/100g

Directions

Heat oven to 350° F (180° C).

 

Filling:

– combine cranberries, dried fruits, honey and apple juice in a medium saucepan.

– Bring to a boil over medium heat.

– Stir until the mixture thickens and the cranberries pop (about 5 to 10 minutes).

 

Base:

– In a large bowl mix together all of the base ingredients, blending in the coconut butter with the tips of your fingers.

– The mix should look like moist crumbs. Set aside 1½ cups of this mix for the topping.

– Grease a 9”x 13” baking pan, and press the crumb mixture into the base.

– Bake at 350° F (180° C) for 15 minutes.

– Remove the base from the oven.

– Spread the cranberry mix over it and cover with the remaining 1½ cups of topping mixture.

– Bake for another 30 minutes.

– Allow to cool before serving.

 

Makes 12 bars

 

Recipe taken from “Staying Alive! A Cook Book for Cancer Free Living” by Sally Errey, RNCP. Copyright 2004. Published by Bellissimo Books, Vancouver, BC.

 

For more information on nutrition for cancer prevention or management, visit Sally’s website at www.myhappytummy.com or email her at [email protected].

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