Name: Sour Cream Cranberry Bars Recipe
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 20
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 cup butter; 1 cup brown sugar; 2 cups quick-cooking oats; 1½ cups flour; For Filling:; 1 cup sour cream; ¾ cup sugar; 1½ cups dried cranberries; 2 cups fresh cranberries; 1 egg; 2 tbsp flour; 1 lemon; 2 tsp lemon juice

Sour Cream Cranberry Bars Recipe

Marjorie Gray Modified: November 12, 2023

How To Make Sour Cream Cranberry Bars

These cranberry bars are made with oats, layered, and baked with a mixture of sour cream, lemon juice, and lime zest for a sweet, fruity dessert.

Preparation: 15 minutes

Cooking: 35 minutes

Total: 50 minutes

Serves:

Ingredients

1cupbutter,softened
1cupbrown sugar,packed
2cupsquick-cooking oats
1½cupsflour

For Filling:

1cupsour cream
¾cupsugar
1½cupsdried cranberries
2cupsfresh cranberries
1egg
2tbspflour
1lemon,zested
2tsplemon juice

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Cream together butter and brown sugar. Add oats and flour and mix until well combined.
Set aside 1½ cups of oat mixture for topping. Press the remaining mixture into an ungreased 9×13-inch pan. Bake for 12 minutes.
Meanwhile, combine sugar, sour cream, cranberries, egg, flour, lemon zest, and lemon juice in a small bowl.
Spread over crust. Sprinkle with reserved topping. Bake for an additional 23 to 26 minutes or until lightly browned.
Cool completely and cut into squares.