Cranberry Caramel Bars

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups fresh cranberries
• 2 tablespoons sugar (stir in cranberries and set aside)
• 2 1/3 cups flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 cups old-fashioned oatmeal
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1 cup melted butter
• 3/4 cup chopped pecans or 3/4 cup walnuts
• 1 (12 ounce) jar caramel sauce

Recipe

• 1 combine 2 cups flour (save the 1/3 cup for the caramel) and the next 4 ingredients.
• 2 stir in butter until crumbly.
• 3 reserve a cup of this mixture.
• 4 press remaining mixture into lightly greased 13x9" pan.
• 5 bake 350ºf for 15 minutes.
• 6 sprinkle with cranberries and pecans.
• 7 stir together caramel and 1/3 cup flour.
• 8 spoon over cranberries.
• 9 sprinkle with reserve 1 cup mixture.
• 10 bake 25 more minutes.