My friend was coming by to visit. Sure I had several tasty treats on the counter, but nothing fresh was coming out of the oven to greet her. The clock was ticking. 15 minutes until she would knock on the door.
I had been to the gym earlier that day with my Cooking Light magazine in hand. Is it wrong to read food magazines while I work out? Does it basically negate all I am trying to do? Oh well, the magazine came through in a pinch, because I remembered a tasty looking recipe that I wanted to try. I was sure it would be quick to throw together.
The countdown began. I preheated the oven. I mixed the crust. Mixed the filling. Put everything together and had it in the oven before she arrived. She was greeted with a wonderful smell and a simple question, “Should I make coffee to go with it?”
Do you need to throw a quick, festive dessert together for visitors or just for your family? As long as you have basic pantry items, including dried cranberries and oatmeal, you will have this in the oven in less than 15 minutes. Just in time to greet your guests with a relaxed smile and a delicious smell.
Cranberry Oatmeal Wedges
Adapted from Cooking Light
Serves 8
Crust:
1 cup of flour
1 cup of oats
1/2 cup of packed brown sugar
1/4 teaspoon of salt
1/4 teaspoon of baking soda
1/4 teaspoon of ground cinnamon
6 tablespoons of butter, melted
3 tablespoons of milk
Cooking spray
Filling:
1 1/3 cups of dried cranberries (about 6 ounces)
3/4 cup of sour cream
1/2 cup of granulated sugar
2 tablespoons of flour
1 teaspoon of vanilla
1 large egg, lightly beaten
1. Preheat oven to 325F.
2. CRUST: Combine flour, oats, brown sugar, salt, baking soda and cinnamon in a medium bowl, stirring well with a whisk. Drizzle butter and milk over flour mixture, stirring until moistened (mixture will be crumbly). Reserve 1/2 cup of the oat mixture. Press remaining oat mixture into the bottom of a 9 inch springform pan coated with cooking spray.
3. FILLING: Combine cranberries, sour cream, granulated sugar, flour, vanilla and egg in a medium bowl, stirring well. Spread cranberry mixture over prepared crust; sprinkle reserved oat mixture evenly over filling.
4. Bake at 325F for 40 minutes or until edges are golden. Cool completely in pan on a wire rack. Cut into wedges.
these look delicious I love oatmeal
Gretchen . . . really this is the way life should be!
Yes, please I’d love coffee with it!
Each time I come to your blog I want to stop (after I finish reading, of course!) what I’m doing and go make whatever you posted about. This sounds really delicious!
Oh, wow! Those look delicious! We’ve been craving something sweet lately, so I may try these tonight!
This is great – I’d love to have this on my plate!
-DTW
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Oh, I don’t think I could read cooking magazines at the gym, I’d probably jump off the treadmill to run home and start baking! These wedges look great, your friend is quite lucky!
you comment about reading cooking mags while at the gym made me laugh. at times, i’ll watch the food network while i’m running on the treadmill, and ask myself…what the hell am i thinking?!!!
Oatmeal is one of my favorites and adding cranberries to the formula makes it even better. You are a good friend and I so get the warm out of the oven thing, nothing is better!
Yummm! I love things with cranberry and oatmeal. I’ll have to try this one.
What a great find and in the most unlikely of locations. You did say the recipe was light so no worries.
I’ve often thought of taking my cooking magazines to the gym with me – but I wonder what others would think of me!! I guess I shouldn’t really care! This sounds delicious.
This looks fabulous! I love something that’s quick, easy, and delicious. And Cooking Light in the gym merely augments your workout, giving you incentive to burn off calories!
Good looking outmeal wedges! So easy to make. Thanks for sharing!
I love that you feel a proper welcome is accompanied by something fresh coming out of the oven! I want an invite to your house. THese look perfect and easy and they contain sour cream, so I’m in!
Hi! I’ve been reading your blog for a bit now, and made essentially this recipe this morning, which I posted about on my baby blog. Thank you, thank you for the inspiration! It was great and gone before I knew it.