Cranberry-oatmeal bars

Ingredients: Crust:
120g plain flour, sifted
85g quick-cooking oats
70g brown sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
110g butter, melted
1 tablespoon orange juice


Filling:
120g sour cream
30g castor sugar
120g dried cranberries
60g plain flour, sifted
Grated rind of 1 orange
1 large egg white, lightly beaten
7” square cake pan, greased


Method:
Crust:
1. Combine flour, oats, sugar, salt, bicarbonate of soda and cinnamon powder in a medium bowl, stir well. Drizzle butter and orange juice over flour mixture, stirring until moistened (mixture will be crumbly).

2. Set aside 100g of the crust mixture to be used as topping later.

3. Press remaining crust mixture into the bottom of a greased 7–inch baking tray.


Filling:
4. Using a hand-held beater, whisk egg white with sugar until foamy.

5. Combine sour cream, beaten egg white, cranberries, plain flour and orange rind.

6. Spread cranberry mixture over prepared crust; sprinkle reserved oat mixture evenly over filling.

7. Preheat oven to 180ْC and grease the 7” square tray.

8. Bake in pre-heated oven for 45-50 minutes or until edges are golden. Cool completely before slicing.