Cooking Easy Recipes

Spicy Cran-Apple Oat Bars

Servings:
20 Servings
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  • 1 c Packed light brown sugar
  • 1/2 c Sugar
  • 1/4 c Soft margarine
  • 1 ts Baking soda
  • 1 ts Cinnamon
  • 1/2 ts Ginger
  • 1/2 ts Salt
  • 1 c Unsweetened applesauce
  • 1 lg Egg
  • 2 Egg whites
  • 1 ts Vanilla extract
  • 1 c Flour
  • 1/2 c Whole wheat flour
  • 3 c Oatmeal
  • 1 c Dried cranberries; or dried
  • -cherries
Heat oven to 350 degrees. Line a 13"x9" baking pan with foil, letting foil
extend 2" from both ends. Spray with cooking spray. With mixer on low speed
combine brown sugar, white sugar, margarine, soda, cinnamon, ginger and
salt until just blended. On med. speed, beat in applesauce, egg, eg whites
and vanilla. Stir in flour until blended, then oatmeal and cranberries
until well mixed. Spread evenly in pan. Bake 30-35 min. or until lightly
browned around edges. and just set in the center. Cool completely in pan on
a wire rack. Lift pan by foil ends and cut into bars.

Source Woman's Day-Nov. 18, 1997 Formatted for Mastercook by Carol
Floyd-c.floyd@arnprior.com

NOTES : The original recipe used 1 1/2 cup white flour--I used 1 cup white
flour and 1/2 cup wholewheat flour to increase the fibre from 1.8 gr. to
2.2 gr. I also change the applesauce to unsweetened applesauce.

Recipe by: Woman's Day-Nov. 18, 1997

Posted to MC-Recipe Digest by Carol & Bob Floyd on
Apr 14, 1998