- What do you do with leftover homemade cranberry sauce? Well you make the most delicious Oat Bars that you possibly can that’s what you do! After Thanksgiving I was not about to waste this amazing Cranberry Sauce. When searching for uses of leftover cranberry sauce I found many combinations of recipes out there, but the one from the Washington Post got my attention because it was so easy. I love the tartness of the sauce with the buttery goodness of the oatmeal crumble that is used for the crust and the topping. It is just heavenly.
Here you go… Now you can get in the kitchen and put together the most wonderful bars in just a few minutes. Waiting for them to cool before cutting into that block of goodness can be torture. I highly recommend using two strips of parchment paper cut to the width of your pan and then crisscrossing them. Otherwise it might be hard getting out of your pan. A foil lined pan that is lightly oiled will work as well.
I have subscriptions to five food magazines. I love to read them, but I get so distracted with all the great recipes that it sometimes drives me to a complete halt. I mean I can’t make a decision about what to cook for the coming weeks. I must have some kind of ADHD. I do the same thing if I am shopping for clothes in a very large department store. I can’t make a decision. So I have resisted subscribing to more food magazines to decrease the confusion in my life. A few months ago I received a copy of Martha Stewart’s Living magazine. Knowing that I had not ordered it I checked the label and this is what I read, “Wanda The Food Blogger Lupo.” It made me laugh. My good friend Neil gave me a subscription to this beautiful magazine for me to enjoy. Now everytime I receive it in the mail I smile!
One of my favorite combinations is peanut butter and chocolate. When I was pregnant (many years ago) and trying not to be a huge balloon. I vividly remember going to CHMS’s musical and before finding a seat stopping by the snack bar and buying a Reese’s cup! I relished every bite taking an hour or more to eat the three peanut butter cups. Truthfully, that is the last time that I have purchased a triple cup of Reese’s. But, I have eaten many of the miniature ones since that night. 
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