Oatmeal Cranberry Sour Cream Bars

Source- Betty Crocker

Wow, I get a major fail.  I made these for Thanksgiving and never got around to blogging about them.

I made these for Thanksgiving since I'm not a huge pie eater, and always prefer something else to go along with the pies.  

Ingredients

• 1 pouch (1 lb 1.5 oz) Betty Crocker® oatmeal cookie mix
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened
• 1 egg
• 3/4 cup sour cream
• 3 tablespoons sugar
• 2 teaspoons grated lemon peel
• 1/4 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 egg yolk
• 1 cup dried cranberries
• 1/2 cup coarsely chopped pecans

Preparation

• Heat oven to 350°F.
• Line 9-inch square pan with foil, leaving 1 inch of foil extending up over sides of pan.
• Spray foil-lined pan with cooking spray.
• In large bowl, stir cookie mix, cinnamon, butter and egg until stiff dough forms.
• Reserve 1/4 of the dough.
• Press remaining dough in bottom of foil-lined pan.
• Bake 15 minutes.
• In small bowl, stir sour cream, sugar, lemon peel, vanilla and egg yolk until well blended.
• Stir in cranberries.
• Spread over crust.
• Stir pecans into reserved oatmeal dough; crumble over cranberry mixture.
• Bake 18 to 20 minutes or until top is light brown.
• Cool 30 minutes.
• Refrigerate 2 hours.
• For bars, cut into 4 rows by 4 rows.
• Store covered in refrigerator.

Review and Changes- These were outstanding!!  I think the dried cranberries made them perfect for Thanksgiving and everyone loved them.