Chewy oatmeal spice bars

32 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
¾ cup Firmly packed brown sugar
½ cup Granulated sugar
4 tablespoons Margarine
¾ cup Apple butter* or apple sauce
2 Egg whites or 1 egg
2 tablespoons Skim milk
2 teaspoons Vanilla
1½ cup All-purpose flour
1 teaspoon Baking soda
1 teaspoon Ground cinnamon
½ teaspoon Salt; (optional)
¼ teaspoon Ground nutmeg; (optional)
3 cups QUAKER¨ Oats (quick or old fashioned; uncooked)
1 cup Raisins or diced dried mixed fruit

Directions

Heat oven to 350¡F. Beat together sugars and margarine until well blended.

Add apple butter, egg whites, milk and vanilla; beat well. Add combined flour, baking soda, cinnamon, salt and nutmeg; mix well. Stir in oats and raisins; mix well. (Dough will be moist.) Spread dough onto bottom of ungreased 13x9-inch baking pan. Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until edges are light golden brown. Cool completely before cutting into bars. Store tightly covered.

ABOUT 32 BARS

* Apple butter is usually available in your supermarket's jam & jelly section.

Nutrition Information 1 cookie: Calories 90, Calories From Fat 15, Total Fat 2g, Saturated Fat 0g, Cholesterol 0mg, Sodium 45mg, Total Carbohydrates 19g, Dietary Fiber 1g, Protein 2g Note: For a no-fat-added cookie, omit margarine and increase apple butter to 1 cup; and continue as recipe directs. Nutrition Information: 1 cookie (made without margarine or butter) Calories 90, Calories from Fat 5, Total Fat 0g, Cholesterol 0mg, Sodium 30mg, Total Carbohydrates 19g, Dietary Fiber 1g, Protein 2g

Recipe by: www.quakeroatmeal.com Posted to MC-Recipe Digest by Diana Stephens <mdstephe@...> on May 5, 1998

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