Cranberry Orange Oat Bars –

Ingredients

• 120g plain flour
• 170g soft brown sugar
• 100g porridge oats
• 1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
• 120g cold butter, chopped
• 1 large orange, zested
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon
• 100g whole cranberry sauce
• 4.2oz plain flour
• 5.95oz soft brown sugar
• 3.5oz porridge oats
• 4.2oz cold butter, chopped
• 3.5oz whole cranberry sauce
• Step 1 Butter a 20cm cake tin, and line the base with baking parchment.
• Step 2 In a large bowl mix together flour, sugar, oats, bicarbonate of soda, orange zest and cinnamon. Using clean hands, rub butter into oat mixture until it looks like rough breadcrumbs.
• Step 3 Spoon half of the oat mixture into lined cake tin and press onto the bottom on cake tin. Then spread cranberry sauce on top. Spoon remaining oat mix evenly on top of cranberry sauce.
• Step 4 Place cake tin onto the reversible rack, making sure rack is in the lower position. Place rack inside pot.
• Step 5 Select BAKE/ROAST, set temperature to 170C and set time to 35 minutes. Select START/STOP.
• Step 6 Check after 20 minutes for browning. If too much browning is apparent, place foil tightly over the top of the cake tin.
• Step 7 Check for doneness after 35 minutes. When the bars are cooked, very carefully take cake tin out of pot and allow to cool completely before cutting and serving.
• Step 8 Serve with a dollop of whipped cream of as a snack during lunch.