Cranberry Spice Golden Raisin Bars
Humble but very tasty, golden brown bar cookies. A great way to use lots of dried cranberries and raisins!
Servings 24 bars
Cost 5
Ingredients
- 1 cup water
- 1 cup mixed golden raisins and cranberries
- ½ cup vegetable oil (or any neutral oil)
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 ¾ cup all purpose flour (210 grams)
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon freshly ground nutmeg
- ½ teaspoon ground allspice
- ¼ teaspoon ground cloves
- ½ cup walnut or pecans toasted and chopped
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Line a 13x9 inch pan with parchment paper.
- Combine the dried fruit and water in a saucepan and bring to a boil. Turn off heat and let stand for 10 minutes. Drain and pat dry.
- Pour the dried fruit into a large bowl and add the oil, sugar and egg.
- In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, salt, baking soda and spices.
- Add flour mixture to dried fruit mixture and mix well. Stir in the nuts. Spread into pan and bake for about 20 minutes. Let cool before cutting.