Cranberry Crumb Bars

Indulge into something a little sweet this holiday season with these delicious Cranberry Crumb Bars. Sweet, light and delicious, these cranberry crumb bars are made with a fresh cranberries, apple cider and organic Coconut Palm Sugar.

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This post is sponsored by BareOrganics.

Something sweet for the Holidays

I promise you will be making this recipe on repeat for the holiday’s this year. Whether it’s for a family get-together or therapeutic baking session, these cranberry bars will be on repeat for the remainder of the year, I can guarantee that!

These insanely good Cranberry Crumb Bars are everything I want in one delicious dessert. They have a delicious and moist cookie-like crust and are topped with warm, gooey cranberries and then sprinkled with more cookie crust. It’s a match made in heaven. They even taste great with some non-dairy vanilla ice cream on top!

Organic Coconut Palm Sugar

Coconut sugar contains healthy fats that are known to help prevent high cholesterol and heart disease. Inulin is a type of dietary fiber that helps keep your gut healthy, prevent colon cancer, and balance your blood sugar. While standard table sugar is pure sucrose. –google

I have been loving using BareOrganics Coconut Palm Sugar in my baking this season. Organic coconut palm sugar is made from the sweet sap of the budding flowers on the coconut palm tree. This delicious sweetener makes a great sugar substitute, as it is low on the glycemic index – meaning it won’t spike your blood sugar.

BareOrganics’ coconut palm sugar is pure and extremely flavorful and fragrant, and will appeal to lovers of maple syrup in particular.

Coconut sugar is a 1:1 swap for regular white sugar. However, I believe it gives baked goods a delicious carmel-y flavor.

What I love most about BareOrganics is that all of their containers are reusable! Whenever I finish a container, I clean it and then re-use it. It’s amazing for storing just about anything and you don’t have to waste.

Each jar is 100% recyclable, BPA-Free and Reusable with an easy-peel label, and is both microwave and top shelf dishwasher safe.

Ingredients you need to whip up healthier cranberry crumb bars:

Fresh Cranberries
Apple Cider
Coconut Sugar
Lemon Juice
Chia Seeds
Flour
Salt
Baking Powder
Cinnamon
Nutmeg
Cold Vegan Butter
Ground Flax

A healthier recipe for cranberry crumb bars

My whole purpose of baking is to create those same recipes that we all love and adore but with healthier better-for-you ingredients. This recipe is no different.

Check out BareOrganics for the Coconut Palm Sugar that I used in this recipe and a ton of other great products!

Cranberry Bliss Bars

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PREP TIME:

30 minutes

COOK TIME:

40 minutes

Author - Hannah

Ingredients

Cranberry Filling

2 cup fresh cranberries
1/2 cup apple cider
1/4 cup coconut sugar
2 Tbsp lemon juice
2 Tbsp chia seeds

Base + Crumb topping

1 1/2 cup flour
1/2 cup coconut sugar
1/4 tsp salt
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp nutmeg
1/2 cup cold butter- cup into cubes
1 flax egg

SCALE:

YIELDS:

4 servings

Directions

Preheat oven to 350F and prepare an 8×8 baking dish by lining it with parchment paper.
In a medium saucepan, combine cranberries, apple cider, coconut sugar, lemon juice and chia seeds and heat over medium-low heat stirring occasionally. Allow the mixture to simmer for about 3-5 minutes. Set aside.
In a large bowl, combine flour, coconut sugar, salt, baking powder, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Then, add in cubed butter and either combine with a fork, or with your hands.
Mix until butter and flour mixture is just incorporated. A few butter clumps are okay.
Then, add in flax egg and mix once more with hands or fork. (Hands are preferred method)
Next, reserve about 2/3 cup of dough and press the remainder of the batter into prepared 8×8 pan and spread evenly.
Pour cranberry mixture over dough.
Then, take the remainder of the dough and break off about 1 tbsp pieces and drop onto cranberries.
Bake in preheated oven for 37-40 minutes.
Allow to cool completely before cutting into. Enjoy!