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Apricot-Raisin Bars
Author/Submitted by:
Karen Mangum's cookbook "Life's Simple Pleasures: Fine Vegetarian Cooking for Sharing and Celebration."
Servings: 24
Categories:
Cookies
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Desserts
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Low-Fat/Low-Cal
Ingredients: 1/2
cup
Dried apricots,
diced
1/4
cup
Raisins 1/2
cup
Apples,
peeled and grated
1/2
cup
Apricot preserves,
reduced-sugar
1 1/2
teaspoons
Baking soda 1
cup
All-purpose flour 1/2
cup
Oat bran 2
cups
Rolled oats 1
tablespoon
Ground cinnamon 1
cup
Brown sugar 3/4
cup
Reduced-calorie margarine,
melted
Directions:
1.
In a medium bowl, combine all filling ingredients. Stir well.
2.
Make crust: In a large bowl, combine baking soda, flour, oat bran, oats, cinnamon, and brown sugar. Stir in melted margarine. Press slightly more than half of crust mixture in bottom of a 9- by 13-inch pan sprayed with vegetable cooking spray.
3.
Spread on filling. Sprinkle on remaining crust. Bake at 325 degrees for 20 minutes. Cut into bars.
Nutritional analysis: Per 2-inch square: 151 calories, 2 grams protein, 27 grams carbohydrate, 4 grams fat (26 percent), 124 milligrams sodium.
Nutritional analysis: Per 2-inch square: 151 calories, 2 grams protein, 27 grams carbohydrate, 4 grams fat (26 percent), 124 milligrams sodium.
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