Applesauce Brownies

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Title: Applesauce Brownies
Categories: Diabetic, Cakes, Desserts, Fruits
Yield: 16 servings

0.33 c Vegetable oil
0.50 c Unsweetened applesauce
0.50 c Unsweetened cocoa powder
0.50 c Sugar
1.00 c All-purpose flour
1.00 ts Baking powder
0.50 ts Baking soda
2.00 lg Eggs
1.00 ts Vanilla extract
0.25 c Chopped nuts

16 big servings, 24 servings if you follow the 1 tsp.
sugar per serving guideline of ADA, or try using part
sugar/part artificial sweetener to cut down on
calories. The original recipe is almost like cake.

Preheat oven to 375 F.

Combine oil, applesauce and cocoa. Add sugar and stir
until dissolved. Add eggs and vanilla. Mix dry
ingredients together and stir into the mixture.

Pour the batter into a greased and floured (or wax
paper lined & sprayed) 9 inch square pan. Sprinkle on
nuts. (Still tastes good if you forget.)

Bake about 20 to 30 minutes or until top is set but
edges are not dried out. Toothpick will come out
clean. Cut into 16 or more squares.

1/16 recipe = 165 calories, 1 starch + 1 fat + 1 fruit
exchange 3 grams protein, 27 grams carbohydrate, 7
grams fat, 84 mg sodium

1/24 recipe = 110 calories (1 tsp sugar per serving) 2
grams protein, 18 grams carbohydrate, 5 grams fat, 56
mg sodium

Adapted from Quick & Easy Diabetic Menus by Betty
Wedman, 1993 Shared and tested by Elizabeth Rodier Feb
94.

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