Ingredients

The following ingredients have 4 Servings
  • 1 cup fresh cranberries
  • 2 tablespoons sugar
  • 2 1/3 cups all-purpose flour (divided)
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 2 cups uncooked old fashioned oats
  • 1/2 cup granulated sugar
  • 1/2 cup light brown sugar (firmly packed )
  • 1 cup unsalted butter (melted)
  • 10 ounce package chopped dates
  • 3/4 cup pecans (chopped )
  • 12 ounce caramel sauce (jarred)

Instruction

  • Start by preheating the oven to 350 F. Line a 13x9 baking pan with aluminum foil, leaving a little overhang so you can lift bars out later. Lightly grease the foil.
  • Combine 2 tablespoons of sugar in a small bowl with the cranberries and set aside.
  • Combine 2 cups of the flour, baking soda, oats, sugar, and brown sugar.
  • Stir in melted butter until crumbly. Reserve 1 cup of this mixture and set aside.
  • Press remaining mixture into bottom of the baking dish. Bake for 15 minutes.
  • Remove from the oven and sprinkle with dates, pecans, and the cranberry mixture.
  • Stir the caramel sauce and the remaining 1/3 cup flour together until smooth, spoon over cranberries.
  • Sprinkle with the reserved 1 cup flour mixture. Bake an additional 20 minutes or until lightly browned.
  • Cool on a wire rack. Lift out of pan with foil overhang. Cut into bars.