The texture and flavor of a cookie with the ease of a bar? Talk about the perfect dessert! Introducing: cranberry orange cookie bars! 

These chewy, buttery cookie bars are packed with zesty orange flavor and pops of tart cranberries. Your new go-to treat awaits with just 1 bowl and 8 ingredients required! Did we mention they’re vegan and gluten-free? No one else has to know.

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Winter fruits are survivors, making it through the coldest days of the year. We had to show them some appreciation. Enter this simple, vibrant winter fruit salad!

It almost feels too simple to be a recipe (1 bowl, 5 ingredients, 15 minutes!), but we are Minimalist Baker after all. Let’s make it!

How to Make This Easy Winter Fruit Salad

This winter fruit salad is indeed EASY!

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Cranberry + orange: a dynamic duo! This duo has made delicious muffins, crisp, and cranberry sauce, and now a new cranberry + orange favorite joins the Minimalist Baker family: scones! 

These EASY, 1-bowl scones are fluffy, citrusy, lightly sweetened, generously studded with fresh cranberries, and undetectably vegan + gluten-free. Perfect for holiday breakfasts, brunches, and beyond! Let us show you how it’s done!

These fluffy, tender, gluten-free scones get their perfect texture from a mix of almond flour, oat flour, and potato starch.

1-Bowl Cranberry Orange Scones (Vegan + GF) from Minimalist Baker →