Pumpkin Cranberry Granola Bars
12
Servings
9
Ingredients
16
Comments
These pumpkin cranberry granola bars are a healthy, natural snack with the flavors of fall.
12
Servings
9
Ingredients
16
Comments
Ingredients
- 3 ½ cups Rolled Oats
- ¾ cups Pumpkin, Canned
- 1 cup Cranberries, Dried
- ¾ cups Brown Sugar
- ¼ cups Applesauce
- ¼ cups Honey
- ½ teaspoons Vanilla Extract
- 1 tablespoon Pumpkin Pie Spice
- ½ teaspoons Salt
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Cooking Instructions
Freeze For Later Cooking Day Directions
Bake
These directions help you cook or prepare this meal PRIOR to being frozen for serving later (see Serving Day Directions when you are ready to prepare it to eat).
Why would I want to freeze this?
- Stir all ingredients together in a mixing bowl until well-incorporated.
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Make From Frozen Serving Day Directions
Easy Assembly/Ready to Eat
These directions help you cook or reheat this meal AFTER it's been frozen for when you are ready to eat it.
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Make It Now Cooking Directions
Oven Cook
These directions are for cooking this recipe to serve immediately and NOT to freeze for later.
- Stir all ingredients together in a mixing bowl until well-incorporated.
- Press into greased baking pan and bake at 350 degrees for 45-50 minutes or until golden brown and set.
Nutrition Facts
- Servings Per Recipe
- 12 Servings
- Serving Size
- 1 bar Amount Per Serving
- Calories
- 262
- Total Fat
- 3g
- Saturated Fat
- 1g
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 0mg
- Sodium
- 84mg
- Total Carbohydrates
- 55g
- Fiber
- 4g
- Sugar
- 29g
- Protein
- 5g
- WW Freestyle
- 11
16 Comments
Join the discussionLooks yummy…we love pumpkin. I wonder if you could reduce the sugar or perhaps replace some of it with maple syrup and get a good result still.
Stacey, I bet you could. I’m considering making them without the brown sugar at all, since the honey and applesauce also provide sweetness.
Will be trying these today! Everything is on hand, doesn’t happen often! Thanks for posting!
I’m brewing up some homemade applesauce this weekend in my crockpot so I will definitely be using some of it for these bars. I love your recipes. Jimmie you are my favorite once a month mom!
Awww, thanks, Kelly! 🙂 You’ll have to let us know how the homemade applesauce works in the granola bars–yum!
What size pan would you use if you wanted to double it? a 9X11? I’d like to have more on hand to freeze.
Kimberly, I’d use a 9×13 to double it. The bars might be a little thicker, but I think that’s probably your best bet. Hope you enjoy them!
Do you know how long these keep at room temperature? Or do they need to be refrigerated? Thanks!
Hi Tina, they do not need to be refrigerated. As long as they are wrapped tightly and protected from air, the granola bars should be good at room-temperature for 7-10 days. Hope you enjoy them!
These are wonderful. I made a double batch of them last week, we ate them in about four days. Getting ready to make another double batch this afternoon. May have to put these in the freezer so they last a little longer 🙂
Trying these out today – totally looking forward to the kids having a healthy, cheapo, tasty snack! Thanks for the recipe!!
I am so glad that I decided not to make granola bars today. I think I’ll make these tomorrow for sure. Granola bars are such a great snack. Pumpkin granola bars…my, oh my, they sound nothing less than fantastic!If you think you’d like this in cookie-form, check out my pumpkin oatmeal cookies.
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I made these tonight and they taste wonderful! My only question is, should they feel thick and heavy? I used an 8×8 pan and cut them into 12 bars. I am wondering if I should use my bar pan next time to make them thinner. I also used chocolate chips because I was out of dried cranberries. I only used half a cup, and the taste is amazing!
Very good! I used raisins instead of cranberries because that was all I had. Our family would prefer them with less dried fruit, but they are still very tasty and definitely a repeat recipe! 🙂
These sound delicious! Quick question, do they come out crunchy or chewy? I prefer the slightly softer bars so wondered if I should cut back the baking time.
They were chewy both times I made.