Recipe - Apple Gingerbread Bars

TOPPING
Ground Cinnamon
1 small Sweet apple, unpeeled, cut
in half, then cut or sliced up 1/8
inch thick

CAKE
Three fourths cup Allpurpose flour
Three fourths cup Whole wheat flour
1 teaspoon Baking powder
One half teaspoon Baking soda
1 teaspoon Ground ginger
1/8 teaspoon Ground cloves
1 teaspoon Ground cinnamon
2 Egg whites
1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
One fourth cup Molasses
2 tablespoon + 2 tsp. vegetable oil
1 One half cup Applesauce unsweetened

SOURCE: Lean & Luscious and Meatless, Volume 3 in the Lean and Luscious
Series, by Bobbie Hinman and Millie Snyder, copyright 1992, ISBN
#1559581107. 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:
One fourth fruit serving, One half fat serving, One half bread serving and 15 additional
calories.

Posted to MMRecipes Digest by "Robert Ellis" rpearson@snowcrest.net on
Dec 8, 1998