Healthy Orange and Cranberry Breakfast Bars

Name: Healthy Orange and Cranberry Breakfast Bars
Prep time: 55 min
Cook time: 55 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 24
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon allspice; 2 Tbsps almond butter; 1 medium apple, grated; 3 Tbsps no-sugar-added apple pie filling, pureed (or no sugar apple puree); 2 teaspoons baking soda; 79 milliliters brown sugar, tightly packed; 237 milliliters buttermilk (or 1 cup nonfat milk with 1 tablespoon lemon juice); 1 Tbsp canola oil; 237 milliliters carrot, grated (about 2 medium carrots); 237 milliliters dried cranberries (or 1 cup mixed dried fruit, I like cranberries, chopped figs and currants); 1 extra large egg (or 1 regular egg and 1 egg white); 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon; 1 pinch kosher salt; 118 milliliters oat bran; 1 orange, zest of; 1 Tbsp vanilla extract; 59 milliliters white sugar; 355 milliliters whole wheat flour; 473 milliliters zucchini, grated (about 2 large zucchinis)

Healthy Orange and Cranberry Breakfast Bars might be just the hor d'oeuvre you are searching for. This recipe makes 24 servings with 101 calories, 2g of protein, and 2g of fat each. This recipe covers 5% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Only A mixture of sugar, brown sugar, zucchini, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so delicious. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 55 minutes.

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Spray a 9x13 cake or brownie pan with nonstick cooking spray.If using regular milk instead of buttermilk, mix together milk with lemon juice. Set aside for 5 minutes.Beat egg well, then add both sugars, oil and beat together again.

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Cooking Spray

Lemon Juice

Buttermilk

Milk

Egg

Cooking Oil

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Oven

Frying Pan

Add in vanilla, orange zest, zucchini, carrots, apple, cranberries and the buttermilk/milk and lemon mixture.

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Cranberries

Orange Zest

Buttermilk

Zucchini

Carrot

Vanilla

Apple

Lemon

Milk

Mix together well.Sift the flour, cinnamon, allspice, baking soda, and salt into another bowl. Stir in oat bran and nuts, if adding, and mix together until combined.

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Baking Soda

Allspice

Cinnamon

Oat Bran

All Purpose Flour

Nuts

Salt

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Bowl

Add the dry mixture to the wet mixture, mix together until just combined (do not over-mix). Spoon the mixture into the oiled pan.

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Frying Pan

Bake for about 35-40 minutes or until wooden stick inserted into the middle comes out clean and the bars are not sticky in the middle. Be careful not to over cook or bars will become dry and tough.Once cool, turn out onto board and cut into 24 bars. Bars will keep covered in the fridge for 4-6 days, or wrap individual bars with clingwrap and freeze.

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Wrap