These Pumpkin Cranberry Oat Bars make the perfect Fall dessert. Packed with flavorful mix-ins, they’re made with white whole wheat flour and oats for a boost of fiber.
Hi Friends!
We’re digging into the archives to highlight yet another pumpkin recipe. Are you sick of it yet? If so, I’m sorry. Pumpkin season just makes me go a little crazy…in a good way. Anyways, this is a dessert recipe I posted 3 years ago. If you go back and re-read my original post, you’ll have a pretty clear idea of how much I like these. So good. I think it’s the pumpkin-butterscotch combo that puts them over the edge!
I made a batch of these last month and pretty much ate the whole pan myself so…… yeah. They’re good.
Here’s how you make them:
PrintPumpkin Cranberry Oat Bars
A lightened-up pumpkin dessert bar packed with delicious add-ins!
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 25 minutes
- Total Time: 30 minutes
- Yield: 12 1x
Ingredients
- 11/4 cups white whole wheat flour
- 1 c oats
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon ginger
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
- 4 Tbsp unsalted butter, softened
- 1/3 cup granulated sugar
- 1/3 cup brown sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 c pumpkin
- 1/2 c dark chocolate chips
- 1/2 c butterscotch chips
- 1/2 c Craisins
Instructions
- Cream butter and sugars in a medium bowl until light and fluffy.
- Add the egg, vanilla and pumpkin and mix well.
- Mix in the flour, ginger, cinnamon, baking soda and salt and mix well.
- Stir in the oats, chocolate chips, butterscotch chips and Craisins and mix until evenly distributed.
- Grease a 9×13 pan (or line with parchment paper) and spread mixture evenly in pan. If you want a thicker bar, use a 9×9 pan.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick is inserted and comes out clean.
- Cool completely in pan. Use a sharp knife to cut into squares.
Of course the mix-ins are optional, but I highly recommend them all!
Enjoy!
–Lindsay–
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mmm!! i would add white chocolate chips!!
Thanks for digging through the archives- some epic gems there!
I love everything about this recipe! The butterscotch is brilliant.
All the mix-in’s of course!!
You had me at butterscotch chips, well that and pumpkin, Pinned for later!
Thanks!! Enjoy!
NO NO NO not sick of the pumpkin yet 🙂
Keep digging. We be loving.
Two of my holiday favorites, yum!!
★★★★★
cranberry and white chocolate is a classic combo. And pumpkin added to the mix would just be heavenly
Nope–never get sick of pumpkin recipes! And I remember making these last year and loving them, so I’ll have to do it again now that you brought it out fresh!
yay!!! yearly tradition in the making 🙂
You can never go wrong with pumpkin…ever!
I never made this the first time around- love the reminder to check them out again… and I have half a can of pumpkin I need to use in something!
Hope you get to try them this year!
The fact that you added butterscotch chips to these has me sold! For some reason I have never thought to combine pumpkin and butterscotch, but they sound like they would go perfectly together.
Right? I don’t know why but they’re the perfect match!
I will never get sick of pumpkin!
Me neither 🙂
Pumpkin is everywhere, but I haven’t seen much cranberry. I bet that makes a really nice addition to these bars!
They go so well together!
Delish! I love this time of year!
I just pinned these! They will be so great to have around the house (and by house I mean my dad’s house/grandparent’s house) for the holidays for guests! Butterscotch is so underrated!
Sick of pumpkin?! Never!!!
Pinning to make soon…because it’s just not fall if there aren’t tons of pumpkin recipes around…and I LOVE butterscotch!
These look fun- and since you almost ate the whole pan yourself, I trust they’re good! 😉
YUM! Pumpkin and cranberry screams fall. And these have oats in them which totally makes them breakfast appropriate right?! 😛
These look delicious! Thanks for sharing! 🙂
Butterscotch & pumpkin are a unique mix! I love it and need to try this.
I’m totally stalking for baby news! But these bars look fantastic too!
Yummmm
yummy pumpkin cranberry oat bars. perfect for spooky halloween.
can these be made gluten free ?
i don’t have much experience with gf baking. you could try a gf flour blend and gf oats!
I for one am with you on that I am NOT sick of pumpkin yet! I will hold on til Christmas comes! 😉 These look delicious!