Here's to good food!

I am finally putting my tried and true family recipes here. Check out my old-time favorites as well as newly discovered ones.

I hope you'll find some recipes here that you enjoy cooking, and those you cook for will find them tasty and satisfying.
Are you looking for something special? Something quick and easy? You'll find it here somewhere.
Check in often to see what's cooking in Monterey!

One of the very nicest things about life is the way we must regularly stop whatever it is we are doing and devote our attention to eating. ~Luciano Pavarotti

If you are posting from this site, please give appropriate credit and notify me. Thank you.

Saturday, August 28, 2010

Cranberry Squares

Every year I would read the "Cranberry" books to my students.  There seemed to be one for several of the holidays.  Each book had a recipe at the end.  This is one of them.  I love all things cranberry, including cranberry glass.
                                      
½ C flour                                  1 C oats 
1 C brown sugar                         ¾ C chopped walnuts
½ C butter                                16 oz can whole cranberry sauce*
(optional: 1/2 C chocolate chips, sprinkle on top of cranberry sauce)

Preheat oven to 350. Lightly grease an 8 x 8” pan or line with foil to extend beyond the edges for easy removal.

Combine flour and brown sugar. Cut in butter until crumbly, then mix in oats, and walnuts.
Spread ½ the mixture into prepared pan. Cover with cranberry sauce; then add rest of oat mixture. Bake for 45 minutes. Cut into bars.

Delicious served warm with ice cream.
*Or substitute 12 oz jar of your favorite flavor of jam.

From Cranberry Autumn, by Wende and Harry Devlin, 1993

No comments:

Post a Comment