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Title: Cranberry Pecan Bars
Categories: Bars, Cookies
Yield: 36 Bars

1 tb Egg replacer or
- ground flax seed (6 g);
- beaten with:
1/4 c Water
1 tb Orange zest (1 orange)
1/4 c Orange juice (1 orange)
- (60 ml)
1/2 c Vegan margarine
- (120 g) -OR-
1/3 c Coconut oil
1 c Brown sugar or
- coconut sugar (220 g)
1 ts Vanilla extract
1 3/4 c White wheat flour (210 g);
- unbleached
1 ts Baking powder (5 g)
1/2 ts Salt (3 g)
1 c Pecans (100 g); chopped
1 c Dried cranberries (120 g);
- sweetened
1/2 c Shredded coconut (125 g);
- unsweetened (optional)
Powdered sugar (optional)

Total time: 60 minutes

Use a 9x12" baking pan for this recipe.

Preheat oven to 350?F. Whip egg replacer with water. Set aside. Mix
flour, baking powder, and salt. Add chopped pecans and coconut if
using. Set aside. Add cranberries to a small bowl, cover with boiling
water. Soak 5 minutes, drain and set aside. Zest orange, then squeeze
the juice. Set aside. Melt vegetable spread or coconut oil and remove
from heat. Use a bit to oil the baking pan. Dust baking pan with
flour or line with parchment paper. Stir sugar, orange zest, orange
juice, and vanilla extract into the melted vegetable spread or oil.
Add egg replacer and beat mixture well with a whisk or electric
beater. Stir in the drained cranberries. Mix the wet with the dry
ingredients--just until combined. Spread in pan and bake for 30 to 35
minutes. Cool 15 minutes in the pan on a cooling rack. Dust with
powdered sugar (optional), cool completely, then cut into 36 bars and
serve.

Tips:

Go for the optional coconut--makes them nice & chewy. And it's
included in the nutrition info.

We made these bars vegan, but it's easy to make them vegetarian if
you'd rather. Replace the egg replacer + water with 2 eggs, and use
dairy butter instead of oil or vegetable spread.

To make the bars gluten-free, use 1-1/2 cups all purpose GF flour mix
+1 ts xanthan gum (if not included in mix) in place of the unbleached
white (wheat) flour.

Per bar: 123 cal, 7 g fat (49% CFF), 3 g sat fat, 15 g carbs, 93 mg
sodium, 1 g fiber, 1 g protein, 8 g sugars, low Cholesterol

Recipe FROM: <https://web.archive.org/web/20180916145946/
http://www.savvyvegetarian.com/vegetarian-recipes/
cranberry-pecan-bars.php>

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