Cran-Raspberry Streusel Bars - PCOS-Friendly Recipe

Cran-Raspberry Streusel Bars
Servings: 24
Snack

Nutrition per Serving

0 Calories
0g Protein
0g Carbs
0g Fat
Recipe by Linda Tebben, Menlo Park, CA These fruity dessert bar cookies feature a buttery crumb crust topped with a mixture of raspberry preserves, dried cranberries, nuts and chocolate chips then drizzled with melted white chocolate.

Ingredients

  • 1 cup butter, softened and cut into bits
  • 2 cups flour
  • 2/3 cup rolled oats
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 2 egg yolks
  • 2/3 cup raspberry preserves
  • 1/3 cup dried cranberries
  • 1/3 cup unsalted mixed nuts (chopped)
  • 1/3 cup chocolate chips
  • 2 ounces white chocolate, melted

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 °. Butter a 7- by 11-in. pan. In a food processor, whirl flour, oats, and sugar 10 seconds. Add 1 cup butter; whirl until mixture forms a ball. Set aside 1/2 cup of mixture. Whirl in yolks.
  2. Press yolk mixture into pan. Spread with preserves. Sprinkle on cranberries, nuts, and chocolate chips, then press into dough. Form pea-size crumbs with reserved dough mixture; sprinkle over top.
  3. Bake at 350 ° until topping is pale gold, 45 minutes. Cool on a rack; drizzle with melted white chocolate. Cut into 24 bars.
  4. Note: Nutritional analysis is per bar.

PCOS-Friendly Foods in This Recipe

This recipe contains the following foods that may benefit PCOS management: Cranberries, Nuts.

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