Applesauce Spice Bars Recipes

APPLESAUCE BARS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13 inch baking pan.
• In a medium bowl, mix together the butter, brown sugar and egg until smooth. Stir in applesauce. Combine the flour, baking soda, salt and pumpkin pie spice; stir into the applesauce mixture until well blended. Spread evenly into the prepared pan.
• Bake for 25 minutes in the preheated oven, or until edges are golden. Cool in the pan over a wire rack.
• In a small bowl, mix together the confectioners' sugar and margarine. Stir in vanilla and milk until smooth. Spread over cooled bars before cutting into squares.

APPLESAUCE SPICE BARS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Spray 13x9-inch baking pan with no-stick cooking spray. Set aside.
• Combine sugar, 1/3 cup butter and egg in bowl. Beat at medium speed, scraping bowl often, until creamy. Add all remaining ingredients except raisins. Beat at low speed, scraping bowl often, until well mixed. Stir in raisins.
• Spoon batter into prepared pan. Bake 25-35 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool completely.
• Combine all frosting ingredients except pecans in bowl. Beat at medium speed, scraping bowl often, until smooth.
• Frost cooled bars; sprinkle with pecans. Cut into bars.

CREAMY ICED APPLESAUCE BARS

Steps:

• Blend applesauce, milk, warm water, orange juice, poppy seeds, cinnamon, and nutmeg together in a blender until smooth. Pour into a loaf pan, cover with plastic wrap, and freeze until very cold, at least 1 to 2 hours. Cut into squares or bars and top with a dollop of dulce de leche.

APPLESAUCE SPICE BARS

Steps:

• Position oven rack in center; preheat oven to 350°; butter a 13 x 9 inch baking pan, line bottom with parchment paper, butter the paper and dust the inside of the pan with flour; tap out the excess flour and put the pan on a baking sheet.
• Whisk the flour, baking powder, baking soda, spices, and salt together.
• In a saucepan, melt the butter over low heat; add in the brown sugar and stir with a whisk until it is melted and the mixture is smooth, about 1 minute; remove pan from the heat.
• Still working in the saucepan, whisk in the eggs one at a time, mixing until they are blended.
• Add in the applesauce, vanilla, and applejack; whisk until the ingredients are incorporated and the mixture is once again smooth.
• Switch to a rubber spatula and gently stir in the dry ingredients, mixing only until they disappear, then mix in the apple, raisins and nuts.
• Scrape the batter into the prepared pan and smooth the top with a rubber spatula.
• Bake for 23-25 minutes or until the bars just start to pull away from the sides of the pan and a knife comes out clean.
• Transfer the baking pan to a rack and let cake cool while you make the glaze.
• In a small saucepan, whisk together the cream, sugar, butter, and corn syrup; put pan over medium heat and bring mixture to a boil, whisking frequently.
• Adjust the heat so the glaze simmer, and cook, whisking frequently for 5 minutes; remove pan from heat and stir in vanilla.
• Turn the bars out onto a rack, remove the paper and invert the bars onto another rack, so they are right side up.
• Slide the parchment paper under the rack to serve as a drip catcher.
• Grab a long metal icing spatula and pour the hot glaze over the bars, using the spatula to spread it evenly over the cake.
• Let them cool to room temperature before you cut them.
• Cut into 32 rectangles, each about 2 ¼ x 1 ½ inches.

APPLESAUCE BARS

Steps:

• In a large bowl, beat the sugar, applesauce and oil until well blended. In a small bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, cinnamon, salt, baking soda, nutmeg and cloves; gradually beat into sugar mixture until blended. Stir in raisins. , Transfer to a 13x9-in. baking pan coated with cooking spray. Bake at 350° for 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. , In a small bowl, beat the confectioners' sugar, butter, vanilla and enough milk to achieve a glaze consistency. Spread over warm bars. Cool on a wire rack. Cut into bars.

APPLESAUCE SPICE BARS BY SPLENDA

Steps:

• In large bowl, beat butter with SPLENDA® Granulated until light; beat in eggs, one at a time.
• Whisk together flour, cinnamon, baking soda, salt and nutmeg; stir into butter mixture alternately with applesauce, making two additions of each.
• Stir in raisins and walnuts. Scrape into greased 13 X 9 inch (3 L) metal cake pan. Bake in 350°F (180°C) oven for about 40 minutes or until cake tester inserted in centre comes out clean. Let cool; cut into bars. 42 bars.
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