Cranberry Pumpkin Bars

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 18
• 1 cup packed light brown sugar
• 4 tablespoons reduced-calorie margarine, soft, at room teperature
• 1 cup canned pumpkin, puree
• 1 large egg
• 1 large egg
• 1/3 cup buttermilk
• 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 cups uncooked old fashioned oats
• 1 tablespoon pumpkin pie spice
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon table salt
• 2/3 cup dried cranberries

Recipe

• 1 heat oven to 350ºf. lightly coat a 9x13-inch (23x33 cm) baking pan with cooking spray, then dust lightly with flour.
• 2 in a large bowl, cream sugar and margarine with an electric mixer; beat in egg, egg , pumpkin purée and buttermilk.
• 3 in medium bowl, combine flour, oats, pumpkin pie spice, baking soda and salt. stir into pumpkin mixture just until moistened, then add cranberries and mix gently.
• 4 spread batter in pan and bake 20 to 25 minutes or until center springs back when gently pressed. cool and cut into 18 bars.