Applesauce Bars

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 18
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 3/4 cup dry sugar substitute (i used splenda)
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1/4 teaspoon clove
• 1 1/2 cups hot unsweetened applesauce
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1/3 cup vegetable oil
• 1/4 cup walnuts, chopped (i used pecans)
• 1/4 cup raisins

Recipe

• 1 place flour, sugar, dry sugar substitute, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves in a mixer bowl and mix at low speed to blend well.
• 2 combine hot applesauce and baking soda. (don't try to be modern and use cold applesauce and mix the baking soda with the flour; it doesn't work as well that way.).
• 3 add the applesauce mixture, along with oil, nuts, and raisins, to flour mixture.
• 4 mix at medium speed until flour is moistened and batter is creamy.
• 5 spread batter evenly in a 9 x 13-inch cake pan that has been sprayed with cooking spray or greased well with margarine or butter.
• 6 bake at 375 degrees for 20 or 25 minutes, or until bars pull away from the sides of the pan and a cake tester comes out clean from the center. cool on a wire rack.