Applesauce Squares Recipes

APPLESAUCE BARS

Steps:

• Place flour, sugar, dry sugar substitute, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves in a mixer bowl and mix at low speed to blend well.
• Combine hot applesauce and baking soda. (Don't try to be modern and use cold applesauce and mix the baking soda with the flour; it doesn't work as well that way.).
• Add the applesauce mixture, along with oil, nuts, and raisins, to flour mixture.
• Mix at medium speed until flour is moistened and batter is creamy.
• Spread batter evenly in a 9 x 13-inch cake pan that has been sprayed with cooking spray or greased well with margarine or butter.
• Bake at 375 degrees for 20 or 25 minutes, or until bars pull away from the sides of the pan and a cake tester comes out clean from the center. Cool on a wire rack.

STRESS RELIEF: APPLESAUCE BARS

Steps:

• 1. 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.
• 2. Combine the flours, baking soda, salt and spices; stir into the applesauce mixture until well blended. Stir in Craisins.
• 3. Spread evenly into the prepared pan. Bake for 25 minutes (check at 20 minutes with a wooden pick) in the preheated oven, or until edges are golden. Cool in the pan over a wire rack.
• 4. In a small bowl, mix together the confectioners' sugar and margarine. Stir in vanilla and milk until smooth.
• 5. Spread over cooled bars, sprinkle with chopped walnuts before cutting into squares.

CHUNKY APPLESAUCE BARS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Grease a 9x9 inch baking pan.
• (you can also use 9x13 but need to double the recipe).
• 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 (and/or spices); stir into the applesauce mixture until well blended.
• Spread evenly into the prepared pan.
• Bake for 25 minutes (for 9/13 pan) or 35-40 minutes (for 9x9 pan) 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.
• Other suggested toppings include using only powered sugar or a caramel frosting.

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.

FAMOUS APPLESAUCE SQUARES

Steps:

• Sift flour, baking soda, salt, sugar, and spices into a large bowl.
• Add shortening and applesauce. Mix to dampen flour, then beat for 2 minutes.
• Add remaining ingredients and beat for one minute with electric mixer.
• Pour into a greased 8-inch square pan lined with wax paper.
• Bake for 30-35 minutes, testing at 30 minutes.
• Let stand about 10 minutes. When done, then remove from pan and cool.

APPLESAUCE BARS

Steps:

• In a bowl or other container, mix flour with baking soda, cinnamon, and nutmeg.
• In a large mixing bowl, cream butter with sugar until light and fluffy.
• Add eggs and vanilla; beat well.
• Stir in flour mixture.
• Add applesauce, pecans and raisins and stir until blended.
• Pour into a greased and floured 15x10x1-inch jelly roll pan.
• Bake in preheated 350° oven 25 minutes, or until done.
• Cool applesauce bars on rack then cut in 2-1/2 x 1-inch bars and sprinkle with sifted powdered sugar.