Applesauce Cookie Dough Bars

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/8 teaspoon nutmeg
• 2 tablespoons coarse sugar, i use sugar in the raw crystals
• 500 g refrigerated sugar cookie dough, cut in half
• 1 cup unsweetened applesauce, i use 2 200ml applesauce fruit cups

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degree f.
• 2 spray an 11 x 7 baking pan (preferably shiny).
• 3 in a small bowl, mix together the cinnamon, nutmeg and sugar, set aside.
• 4 on a lightly floured board roll out one half of the dough to cover the bottom and slightly up the sides of the baking pan.
• 5 spread the applesauce evenly over this dough layer.
• 6 coarsely grate the remaining half of the dough over the applesauce filling.
• 7 sprinkle with the spice/sugar mixture.
• 8 bake 35 to 45 minutes until evenly browned and top is crisp.
• 9 cool completely and cut into bars.