Spicy cran-apple oat bars
20 Servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | cup | Packed light brown sugar |
| ½ | cup | Sugar |
| ¼ | cup | Soft margarine |
| 1 | teaspoon | Baking soda |
| 1 | teaspoon | Cinnamon |
| ½ | teaspoon | Ginger |
| ½ | teaspoon | Salt |
| 1 | cup | Unsweetened applesauce |
| 1 | large | Egg |
| 2 | Egg whites | |
| 1 | teaspoon | Vanilla extract |
| 1 | cup | Flour |
| ½ | cup | Whole wheat flour |
| 3 | cups | Oatmeal |
| 1 | cup | Dried cranberries; or dried cherries |
Directions
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@...
NOTES : The original recipe used 1½ cup white flour--I used 1 cup white flour and ½ cup wholewheat flour to increase the fibre from 1⅘ gr. to 2⅕ 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 <c.floyd@...> on Apr 14, 1998