Cranberry Orange Streusel Bars

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 55 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 24
• 12 ounces fresh cranberries (not frozen)
• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 3/4 cup old fashioned oats
• 3/4 cup light brown sugar
• 1/8 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup butter (cut into small pieces and softened)
• 1 orange (navel)
• 14 ounces sweetened condensed milk
• 2 large egg yolks
• 1/4 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/4 cup sliced almonds

Recipe

• 1 let cranberries stand at room temp 1 hour.
• 2 place 1 rack in middle of oven and preheat to 350.
• 3 line 9x13 baking pan with foil, leaving overhand on all sides and generously grease foil.
• 4 combine flour, oats, sugar, nutmeg, baking powder and salt in a bowl.
• 5 work butter in with your fingers until creamy. reserve 1 cup.
• 6 press into prepared pan. bake until light golden brown, about 12 minutes.
• 7 grate 1 teaspoon orange peal and squeeze 1/3 cup juice from orange. in medium bowl, whisk with milk, egg yolks, vanilla until well combined.
• 8 sprinkle cranberries evenly over the hot crust. pour mixture over berries. use spatula to gently distribute evenly. bake 7 minutes or until orange mixture just begins to form a skin around the edges.
• 9 remove pan from oven and sprinkle evenly with reserved topping, then almonds. bake 30 minutes or until filling bubbles and topping is golden brown.
• 10 cool in pan on wire rack 1 hour.
• 11 carefully lift out of pan. cool completely on wire rack.
• 12 remove foil and cut into 24 bars.
• 13 serve or store in airtight container up to 3 days or freezer up to 3 months.