Cranberry Oat Bars

Cranberry Oat Bars

Miz Helen's Kitchen

1 cup Oats

1 1/2 cup Hot Water

1 cup Sugar

2 eggs

1 cup brown sugar

1/2 cup vegetable oil or applesauce

11/2 cup flour

1 teaspoon baking powder

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon cinnamon

1 teaspoon all spice

1/8 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon vanilla

1 cup dried cranberries

1/2 cup pecans chopped

1/2 cup coconut toasted

Mix the hot water with the oats and set aside. Mix the eggs and the sugar until blended well. Add the oil or applesauce and the soaked oats, mix well. Mix the flour, baking powder, soda, cinnamon, all spice and salt. Slowly add the flour mixture to the wet mixture and mix well, add the vanilla. Stir in the cranberries, pecans and coconut. Pour into a 9X13 baking dish, and bake at 350 degrees for 25 to 30 minutes.

Topping

1 cup butter

1 cup brown sugar

1 cup coconut

1 cup pecans chopped

Option: 3/4 cup chocolate chips

In a sauce pan melt the butter then add the brown sugar, coconut and pecans and bring to boil. Remove from heat, IF you are using the option of chocolate chips stir the chips in after you have removed the pan from the heat. Cover the HOT cake with the topping and return the cake to the oven under the broiler. Broil for 1 minute, NO LONGER or it will burn.