Cranberry Gingerbread Crumb Bars (vegan + gf)

Jammy candy cranberry filling between a gingerbread spiced crust and crumble combines two favourite vacation flavors in a single more healthy dessert!

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Some vacation flavors shouldn’t be combined. Pumpkin spice cranberry sauce? No thanks. Sweet cane pecan pie? Zero slices please. Eggnog chocolate crinkles? I’m all good. However there may be one Christmas taste mashup that just about looks as if it was meant to be: cranberry + gingerbread! The tart-sweet fruitiness of cranberry spiked with a touch or orange contrasted by the warm-spiced coziness of gingerbread is a magical mixture. And the cookie crumbly meets jammy sticky textures are an ideal distinction too. Now think about all that good complimenting captured in a crumble bar and drizzle with glaze…it is a recipe you want in your vacation repertoire.

How To Make Good Cranberry Gingerbread Crumb Bars

This recipe does have three layers, however we’re dishonest by making only one gingerbread crumb combination to make use of for each the crust and topping. And the cranberry combination is fast and easy to prep too.

One-Bowl Gingerbread Oat Crumble

Plenty of spices, 1 / 4 cup of basic molasses taste, oatmeal for a little bit of wholesome texture, and some different key elements to attain crust OR crumble-ibility. You have to…

• Gluten-free flour. Or common all objective flour, whichever you like.
• Oatmeal. Rolled oats are greatest for texture, however fast oats are positive in a pinch.
• Coconut sugar. Or brown sugar, a bit granulated sweetener to go with the molasses sweetness.
• Spices. Ginger, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, allspice. The entire gingerbread crew.
• SunButter. That is the important thing ingredient that makes it potential to make use of this combination because the crust AND the crumble. It provides simply the correct quantity of moisture and stickiness to carry collectively as a crust and likewise sprinkle on as a crumble. It additionally replaces any oil or vegan butter that you’d sometimes use in a crumble recipe. I used basic Creamy SunButter, however any selection could be positive.
• Molasses. A should for creating the gingerbread style, and likewise provides some additional sweetness and moisture too.
• Vanilla extract and salt.

Fast Cranberry Orange Filling

Sure this does require a bit little bit of stovetop stirring, however I promise it comes collectively fast! You have to…

• Cranberries. I used contemporary, however frozen could be positive as nicely.
• Maple syrup. Agave would work as nicely. Utilizing solely a liquid sweetener took too lengthy to thicken, so we’re combining that with…
• Cane sugar. Coconut sugar could be okay as nicely, personally I choose cane sugar to protect the BRIGHT pink cranberry colour. That is extra sweetening that I’d sometimes use for a berry filling, however bear in mind cranberries are TART.
• Arrowroot starch. Or tapioca or corn starch.
• Orange juice and orange zest. This taste compliments cranberries (and gingerbread!) so nicely.

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Cranberry Gingerbread Crumb Bars

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  Writer: Natalie
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  Prep Time: half-hour
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  Prepare dinner Time: 35 minutes
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  Complete Time: 1 hour 5 minutes
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  Yield: 16 bars 1x
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  Class: bars
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  Technique: baking
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  Delicacies: american

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Description

Jammy candy cranberry filling between a gingerbread spiced crust and crumble combines two favourite vacation flavors in a single more healthy dessert!

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Gingerbread Crust/Crumble

• 1 cup (130g) gluten-free flour
• 1 cup (80g) rolled oats
• 1/4 cup (35g) coconut sugar
• 2 tsps ginger
• 1 1/2 tsp cinnamon
• 1/4 tsp allspice
• 1/4 tsp cloves
• 1/4 tsp nutmeg
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1/2 cup (125g) Creamy SunButter
• 1/4 cup (80g) molasses
• 1 tsp vanilla extract

Cranberry Filling

• 1 12oz bag (340g) contemporary cranberries
• 1/4 cup (80g) maple syrup
• 1/4 cup (50g) cane sugar
• 1 1/2 tbsp arrowroot or tapioca starch
• Zest of one orange
• 1 tbsp orange juice

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Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 350°F.
2. In a big mixing bowl, mix gluten-free flour, oats, coconut sugar, spices, and salt. Toss to mix. 
3. In a separate small bowl, whisk collectively Creamy SunButter, molasses, and vanilla.
4. Add moist elements to the dry, and use your fingers or a fork to loosely combine till evenly mixed and crumbly. 
5. Press 2/3 of this combination firmly right into a 8×8″ sq. pan lined with parchment paper or sprayed with nonstick spray. Put aside.
6. In a medium saucepan, mix the entire elements for the cranberry filling.
7. Carry to a simmer on medium warmth. Prepare dinner 4-5 minutes stirring repeatedly till it begins to thicken.
8. Pour on high of the crust, and unfold into a fair layer.
9. Crumble the remaining gingerbread combination on high, urgent in frivolously.
10. Bake 30-35 minutes at 350°F till golden across the edges. 
11. Cool utterly (and even chill) earlier than slicing into 16 squares.

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Key phrases: gluten free, oatmeal, vacation, Christmas, cinnamon, ginger, berry, wholesome, baking

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