Chewy oatmeal raisin bars
32 Bars
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| ¾ | cup | Packed brown sugar | 
| 4 | tablespoons | Margarine, softened | 
| 2 | Egg whites | |
| 2 | teaspoons | Vanilla | 
| 1 | teaspoon | Baking soda | 
| ¼ | teaspoon | Salt (optional) | 
| 1 | cup | Raisins | 
| ½ | cup | Sugar | 
| ¾ | cup | Applebutter or applesauce | 
| 2 | tablespoons | Skim milk | 
| 1½ | cup | All-purpose flout | 
| 1 | teaspoon | Cinnamon | 
| 3 | cups | Oats (quick or oldfashioned, uncooked) | 
Directions
Heat oven to 350~.  Beat together sugars and margarine until blended. 
Add apple butter, egg whites, milk, and vanilla; beat well. Add combined flour, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt; mix well. Stir in oats and raisins; mix well.  (Dough will be moist.)  Spread dough in greased 13-by-9-inch baking pam.  Bake for 25 to 30 minutes or until light brown. Cool before cutting into bars. 
Per bar:  90 Cal., 0 Chol, one-half gram soluble fiber, 2g Fat, 16g Carbo, 1g Dietary fiber, 2g Prot. 
Exchange - 1 starch
Source:  Times Picayune newspaper, New Orleans LA 6/6/96. 
Formatted by Chris Tomlinson