These AMAZING Cranberry Morning Glory Bars are loaded with sweet cinnamon flavor and are super delicious & healthy for you! They are vegan, gluten-free, sugar-free, low-fat, and oil-free.
These Cranberry Morning Glory Bars are SO DELICIOUS. They are so flavorful and just... glorious.
I can't even think of any other words to describe these. But I can tell you a story.
My mother is one of my toughest recipe critics. She doesn't really like things that taste "healthy" or "vegan." She is also not afraid to be brutally honest!
Since she lives in Arizona, she doesn't have the opportunity to try my recipes very often (I feel like I'm always learning and improving!).
Anyway, when I went home for Thanksgiving, I brought a few of these with me (along with these Sugar-Free Sugar Cookies) feeling confident (although slightly nervous - always at least slightly nervous about what non-vegans will think!) that she would like them.
You should have seen the look on her face when she tried one. SUCCESS!!
She loved them. She now has the recipe and told me she will be making them this week!! Woohoo!
(UPDATE: she makes these all the time!)
I think y'all will love them, too. Festive and pretty for the holidays??.
Oh yes, these Cranberry Morning Glory Bars are also gluten-free, low-fat, oil-free and sugar-free as if their gloriousness wasn't already enough!
PS - in case you were wondering, she also loved the Sugar-Free Sugar Cookies!
Cost per serving: $0.39
Calories per serving: 79
Equipment you'll need: high-speed blender or food-processor (if carrots aren't pre-shredded), large mixing bowl, 8x8 baking pan
360g carrots, shredded
1.5 cups gluten-free quick oats
1/4 tsp salt
3/4 cup granulated * (use discount code "Annie" for 20% off!)
1.5 tsp baking powder
1 Tbsp cinnamon
1/2 cup applesauce
3/4 cup water
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 cup cranberries
1. Preheat oven to 350F, spray 8x8 baking pan with non-stick spray, and set aside.
2. Shred carrots if they aren't shredded already (I do this in my Vitamix - just toss 'em in there and blend until they are shredded-esque).
3. Place oats, salt, Lakanto, baking powder, and cinnamon in large mixing bowl, and whisk. I do this with a fork.
4. Add in applesauce, water, and vanilla extract, and stir until well-combined.
5. Add in cranberries, and stir again.
6. Let batter rest for 10 minutes.
7. Pour batter into prepared baking pan, and bake for 35 minutes (or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean).
Cranberry Morning Glory Bars
Ingredients
- 360 g carrots shredded
- 1.5 cups gluten-free quick oats
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 3/4 cup granulated Lakanto Monk Fruit Sweetener* (use discount code "Annie" for 20% off!)
- 1.5 tsp baking powder
- 1 Tbsp cinnamon
- 1/2 cup applesauce
- 3/4 cup water
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 cup cranberries
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F, spray 8x8 baking pan with non-stick spray, and set aside.
- Shred carrots if they aren't shredded already (I do this in my Vitamix - just toss 'em in there and blend until they are shredded-esque).
- Place oats, salt, Lakanto, baking powder, and cinnamon in large mixing bowl, and whisk. I do this with a fork.
- Add in applesauce, water, and vanilla extract, and stir until well-combined.
- Add in cranberries, and stir again.
- Let batter rest for 10 minutes.
- Pour batter into prepared baking pan, and bake for 35 minutes (or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean).
Please help me figure out what (1.5 tsp baking powder) means? Is that 1 & 1/2 teaspoon of baking powder. Recipe sounds good but can not make out this ingredient to proceed. Please clarify for me. Thanks
Rebecca McKenzie
Hi Rebecca!
Yes, it means 1 and a half teaspoons 🙂 hope you enjoy!!
Annie
How much of carrots? Could you put it in cup measurements, please?
Hi Paula! I like to use grams just so I can be even more precise 🙂 It comes out to be about 3.5 cups. I used 4 medium-sized carrots.
Can I use dried cranberries?
I bet that would work! Please let me know how it goes if you try it out 🙂
Do you use frozen or fresh cranberries? (if you don't use frozen) Do you think they would work as well?
I used fresh, but yes I believe frozen would work, too! 🙂
I would use low sugar Craisins. I'm sure that would work fine.
I bet you're right! That sounds delish, too 🙂
Instead of the Swerve sweetener, can I substitute it for 3/4 cup agave syrup or maple syrup instead?
Swerve is granulated, so I would stick with a granulated sweetener instead 🙂 Regular sugar, coconut sugar, granulated stevia - something like that 🙂