Applesauce Bars

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Ingredients

• 1/4 cup butter or margarine, softened
• 2/3 cup brown sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 cup applesauce
• 1 cup all-purpose flour (or a combination of wheat or oat flour with white)
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
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• Confectioners' sugar (For dusting)

Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9 inch square baking dish.
2. 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.
3. Bake for about 35 minutes in the preheated oven, or until edges are golden and toothpick comes out dry. Cool in the pan over a wire rack.
4. Dust confectioners' sugar over cooled bars before cutting into squares, or frost with cream cheese frosting. You can mix in raisins or walnuts into the batter. Another yummy, less healthy alteration is spreading carmel onto the hot bars and then frosting atop that.