Gluten-Free Cranberry Cinnamon Bars

By flour_arrangements

Festive cookie-like breakfast bars

Ingredients

• For the cranberry filling:
• 2 cups cranberries
• 2 tbsp orange juice or 1/2 tsp orange zest
• 1/3-1/2 cup water
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/8 teaspoon powdered ginger
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 packet gelatin
• 1 tablespoon corn starch
• For the bars:
• 2/3 cup white rice flour
• 1/3 cup almond meal
• 1/3 cup millet flour
• 1/3 cup potato starch
• 1/2 tsp guar gum
• 1 teaspoon xanthan gum
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 cup packed light brown sugar
• 1/4 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 2 tablespoons apple sauce
• 2 1/2 tablespoons melted butter
• For the topping:
• 1/2 tablespoon sugar
• 1/2-1 teaspoons cinnamon

Details

Servings 9

Preparation

Step 1

For the filling:
Combine filling ingredients, except for gelatin, corn starch and orange peel, in a sauce pan. Cover and bring to a boil while stirring occasionally.

When the cranberries are softened, add the gelatin and corn starch.

Store in tupperware and refrigerate for an hour.

For the bars:
Combine all flours, sift by stirring with a fork. Add guar gum, xanthan gum, and salt. Stir again until well mixed. Now add the rest of the dry ingredients, including the sugars.

Melt the butter

In a small bowl, combine melted butter, apple sauce, and egg. Mix into the larger bowl with the dry ingredients.

Refrigerate until the filling is ready, it should be somewhat gelatinous and slightly firm to the touch.

Preheat oven to 375

Roll the dough into a rectangular shape about 1/4 of an inch thick, between two pieces of parchment paper. The long side should be horizontal, parallel to the counter, facing you.

Remove the top piece of parchment paper and spread enough cranberry jelly to cover half of the rectangle. Fold the plain side on top of the side with the jelly to create a smaller rectangle.

Seal the edges using your fingers, so the filling doesn't come out.

Gently place the dough, with the parchment paper, onto a cookie sheet, you don't have to pick up the dough, (pick it up by the parchment paper) it'll break otherwise :).

Sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar

Bake at 375 for 20-25 minutes, the top will be slightly darker than when you first put it in.

Allow it to cool for about 20 minutes, then slice into 9 even and small rectangular bar shapes, using a clean sharp knife or pizza cutter.