Apple Gingerbread Bars

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Title: Apple Gingerbread Bars
Categories: Cooky/bars, Diabetic, Dessert, Snacks
Yield: 16 servings

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Ground Cinnamon
1 sm Sweet apple, unpeeled, cut
-in half, then sliced 1/8
-inch thick

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3/4 c All-purpose flour
3/4 c Whole wheat flour
1 ts Baking powder
1/2 ts Baking soda
1 ts Ground ginger
1/8 ts Ground cloves
1 ts Ground cinnamon
2 ea Egg whites
1 ts Vanilla extract
1/4 c Molasses
2 tb + 2 tsp. vegetable oil
1 1/2 c Applesauce - unsweetened

SOURCE: Lean & Luscious and Meatless, Volume 3 in the Lean and Luscious
Series, by Bobbie Hinman and Millie Snyder, copyright 1992, ISBN
#1-55958-110-7. MM format by Ursula R. Taylor.
Preheat oven to 350~. Using a 9 x 13 baking pan - lightly oil OR spray
with a nonstick cooking spray. Liberally sprinkle cinnamon in bottom of
pan. Arrange apple slices over the cinnamon evenly.
Combine both flours, baking powder, baking soda and spices in a large
bowl and mix well. In another bowl ~ combine remaining ingredients. With
either a fork or wire whisk - beat until well blended. Add to dry mixture
and mix just until all ingredents are moist. Spread batter over apple
slices evenly.
Bake for 25 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out
clean. Place pan on wire wire and cool for 3 minutes - then invert onto a
serving plate. For best flavor - serve warm.
Each serving provides: 92 calories, 2 g protein, 3 g fat, 16 g
carbohydrate, 61 mg sodium, 0 mg cholesterol. Exchanges per serving are:
1/4 fruit serving, 1/2 fat serving, 1/2 bread serving and 15 additional
calories.

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