Yield: 24 Servings
Measure | Ingredient |
---|---|
1 cup | All-purpose flour |
½ cup | Packed brown sugar |
½ teaspoon | Baking powder |
¼ teaspoon | Baking soda |
¼ teaspoon | Ground cardamom |
\N \N | Or 1/8 tsp. ground cloves |
½ cup | Apricot nectar or orange |
\N \N | Juice |
¼ cup | Unsweetened applesauce |
2 tablespoons | Cooking oil |
1 \N | Slightly beaten egg |
½ cup | Finely snipped dried apricos |
1 \N | Recipe Apricot Icing |
½ cup | Powdered sugar |
2 \N | To three teaspoons apricot |
\N \N | Nectar or orange juice |
COOKIE BAR
APRICOT ICING
In a medium mixing bowl stir together flour, brown sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and cardamom or cloves; set aside. Stir together apricot nectar or orange juice, applesauce, oil, and egg till combined. Sit in the snipped apricots.
Spread batter in an ungreased 11x7x1-½-inch baking pan. Bake in a 350-degree oven about 25 minutes or till a wooden pick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool in pan on a wire rack. Drizzle with Apricot Icing. Cut into bars. Makes 24 bars.
APRICOT ICING: In a small mixing bowl stir together ½ cup powdered sugar and 2 to 3 teaspoons apricot nectar or orange juice.
NUTRITION FACTS PER SERVING: 67 cal., 1 g total fat (0 g sat. fat), 9 mg chol., 17 mg sodium, 13 g carbo., 0 g fiber, 1 g pro. Daily Value: 3% vit.
A, 3% vit. C, 0% calcium, 3% iron.