Cranberry Oatmeal Bars

Ingredients

• 0.5 cups melted butter
• 1 egg
• 0.33 cups brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup flour
• 0.25 teaspoons baking powder
• 0.25 teaspoons baking soda
• 0.25 teaspoons salt
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 0.25 teaspoons ground nutmeg
• 0.25 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
• 0.75 cups dried cranberries
• 0.75 cups pecans
• 0.75 cups old-fashioned rolled oats

Instructions

1. 1

   Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease an 11x7-inch baking dish.

2. 2

   Pour melted butter into a mixing bowl. Beat in egg, brown sugar, and vanilla. Sift flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, and pumpkin pie spice together into a separate mixing bowl; stir flour mixture into butter mixture until thoroughly blended. Mix in cranberries, pecans, and oats until evenly blended. Press mixture into the prepared baking dish.

3. 3

   Bake in the preheated oven until the top is dry and the edges slightly pull away from the sides of the pan, 13 to 15 minutes. Cool before cutting into squares.