Cranberry Almond Bars from Dorothy Brown dishes as eaten around the world Holiday Dessert bake-off Christmas Special recipe. Best Misc dessert 2010 recipe. 

Ingredients

1 cup butter (2 sticks of butter)

1/2 cup granulated sugar

¾ cup brown sugar

2 cups flour

2 cups rolled oats

½ t baking soda

¼ t salt

1 t almond extract

½ cup almonds

1 - 12 ounce package cranberries

2/3 cup light corn syrup

¾ cup water

Method 

Heat oven to 350 degrees. 

Grease 9 x 13 inch pan. Beat together granulated sugar, brown sugar, and butter until fluffy.

Stir together flour, oats, baking soda, salt, half of the almonds, chopped fine, and almond extract. Add this mixture to the beaten butter/sugars until it is the consistency of coarse crumbles. 

Reserve 1 1/2 cup for topping. Press remaining mixture into bottom of pan and bake for 15 minutes.

Meanwhile combine cranberries, water, and corn syrup in a medium pan and bring to boil. Reduce heat and continue to cook for 10 minutes.

Spread cranberry mixture over the hot baked layer. Sprinkle reserved mixture over the top and the remaining almonds.

Return to oven and bake for another 15 minutes. Cool completely and cut into bars.