Cranberry Chews

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Title: Cranberry Chews
Categories: Cookies
Yield: 60 servings

Grant; hwwk11b
2 1/3 c Flour
1 c Brown sugar; packed
1 ts Cinnamon
1/2 ts Nutmeg
1/4 ts Cloves
1/2 ts Salt
1 c Butter, cold; in 16 pieces
1 1/2 c Rolled oats
16 oz Cranberry sauce-whole berrie
1/2 c Orange marmalade; thick
1 ts Vanilla extract
1 c Walnuts; chopped

DESCRIPTION: Chewy Cranberry Oat Bars with an oat-nut topping.

Preheat oven to 350. Grease a 10x15 jellyroll pan (9x13 okay). In a large
bowl, combine 2 c flour, brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves and salt.
Cut in butter until resembles coarse meal. Stir in oats. Reserve 1 1/2 c
of mixture. Firmly press remainder in bottom of prepared pan. Bake 15
minutes. Cool 10 minutes before filling. In medium bowl, stir together
cranberry sauce, marmalade and vanilla. Slowly add remaining 1/3 C flour,
blending thoroughly. Spread evenly over baked and cooled crust. Add nuts
to reserved oat mixture, sprinkle over top of cranberry filling. Bake 30
minutes or until lightly browned. Cool in pan on rack. Cut into 64 bars.
Store in airtight container one week, freeze for longer storage. From "The
Joy of Cookies." Formatted by Theresa Grant, HWWK11b.

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