These healthy, Vegan Cranberry Oat Bars are so simple and delicious! They are also gluten-free, low-carb, sugar-free, oil-free, low-fat & low-calorie - only 72 calories each!
Yes, another cranberry recipe... Are you sick of them yet?! I'm still working through that 5-pound bag I told you about in my last post!
How pretty is this recipe though?!
These bars are perfect for breakfast, a snack, or dessert. They are gluten-free, low-fat, oil-free, and added-sugar-free!
Also, they are sooo easy to make. Just throw everything in the blender, add cranberries, and bake!
I love desserts that are made in the blender. SO EASY. Here are a few of my other favorite blender dessert recipes:
1. Flourless Vegan Blender Brownies
2. Healthy Peanut Butter Cake Bars
3. Chocolate Chip Cookie Cake Bars
Cost per serving: $0.49
Calories per serving: 72
Equipment you'll need: high-speed blender, large mixing bowl, 8x8 baking pan
1.5 cups gluten-free quick oats
1.5 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
1 tsp xanthan gum
3/4 cup granulated * (use coupon code ANNIE for 20% off!)
200g yellow squash
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 tsp natural butter flavor
1/2 tsp liquid stevia extract
1 Tbsp water
1/4 cup applesauce
1 cup cranberries
1. Preheat oven to 350F, spray 8x8 baking dish with non-stick cooking spray, and set aside.
2. Add oats to blender, and process until flour consistency is achieved.
3. Pour oats into large mixing bowl, and add in baking powder, salt, xanthan gum, and granulated sweetener. Whisk to combine.
4. Add squash and all wet ingredients to blender, and blend until smooth.
5. Pour into large mixing bowl over dry ingredients, and stir to combine.
6. Add in cranberries, and stir.
7. Spoon mixture into prepared baking pan, and bake for 35 minutes.
Vegan Cranberry Oat Bars
Ingredients
- 1.5 cups gluten-free quick oats
- 1.5 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 tsp xanthan gum
- 3/4 cup granulated Lakanto Monk Fruit Sweetener* (use coupon code ANNIE for 20% off!)
- 200 g yellow squash
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tsp natural butter flavor
- 1/2 tsp liquid stevia
- 1 Tbsp water
- 1/4 cup applesauce
- 1 cup cranberries
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F, spray 8x8 baking dish with non-stick cooking spray, and set aside.
- Add oats to blender, and process until flour consistency is achieved.
- Pour oats into large mixing bowl, and add in baking powder, salt, xanthan gum, and granulated sweetener. Whisk to combine.
- Add squash and all wet ingredients to blender, and blend until smooth.
- Pour into large mixing bowl over dry ingredients, and stir to combine.
- Add in cranberries, and stir.
- Spoon mixture into prepared baking pan, and bake for 35 minutes.
Just wondering if these can be ordered. They look really great,
Hi Ingrid!! At this time I'm not offering that service, but maybe at some point in the future (when I finish grad school, perhaps!)
Thanks for your kind words 🙂
Annie
Looks good but how much is 200 grams of squash?
Hi Lynn! It's 1 medium squash 🙂