astray recipes: Full-o'fruit bars

Categories: New; Text; Import
Yield: 4 Servings

Measure	Ingredient
1½ cup	Flour
1 teaspoon	Salt
1 teaspoon	Nutmeg
¾ teaspoon	Baking Soda
½ teaspoon	Cinnamon
¼ cup	Butter Or Margarine
	Softened
¾ cup	Sugar
2	Eggs
1 teaspoon	Vanilla
8 ounces	Crushed Pineapple In Juice,
	Drained(Reserve 1 Tsp
	Juice)
1 cup	Finely Chopped Peeled
	Apples
½ cup	Raisins, Preferably Golden
	Walnut Halves
	Cream Cheese Icing
3 ounces	Cream Cheese
2 tablespoons	Softened Butter Or
	Margarine
1 teaspoon	Pineapple Juice
1 teaspoon	Milk
1 teaspoon	Grated Lemon Peel
2 cups	Confectioners' Sugar

Stir together flour, salt, nutmeg, baking soda and cinnamon; set aside. In large bowl cream butter; gradually add sugar; cream until well blended. Beat in eggs one at a time, then vanilla. Stir in pineapple and flour mixture, then apples and raisins until well blended. Spread evely in greased 15 x 10 x 1 inch jelly-roll pan.

Bake in preheated 350 degree oven 20 minutes or until pick inserted in center comes out clean. Remove from oven; cool on rack. Spread with Cream Cheese Icing; cut in 64 bars. Garnish each with walnut half. Cream Cheese Icing Mix until well blended 3 ounces softened cream cheese and 2 tablespoons softened butter or margarine. Beat in pineapple juice, milk and grated lemon peel. Gradually beat in 2 cups confectioners sugar until mixture is of spreading consistency Recipe By :

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full-o'fruit bars