Shelly's Recipe

CRANBERRY COOKIE BARS

Category: Cookies

1/4 cup canola oil
2 tablespoons butter, softened
1 cup sugar
2 large eggs
1 tsp vanilla
1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1/8 tsp baking soda
1 1/2 cups berries (cranberries, blueberries, raspberries, blackberries- fresh or frozen, don’t thaw them)
2 teaspoons coarse sanding sugar, optional

Preheat oven to 350 and spray a 9x13-inch pan with nonstick spray.

In a large bowl, cream together canola oil, butter and sugar. Add eggs and vanilla and beat well. Add the flours and baking soda and stir just until the batter comes together.

Spread 2/3 of the batter in the bottom of the pan. Sprinkle with berries, then drop the remaining dough in spoonfuls over the fruit – it will spread as it bakes, and you don’t need to cover it all. Sprinkle the top of the cookie batter evenly with coarse sugar. Bake for 30-35 minutes, until golden and springy to the touch.