Applesauce Bars

Ingredients

 * 2 cups all purpose flour
 * ⅓ cup sugar
 * dry sugar substitute equal to ¾ cup sugar
 * 1 tsp cinnamon
 * ½ tsp nutmeg
 * ¼ tsp cloves
 * 1½ cups unsweetened applesauce, hot
 * 2 tsp baking soda
 * ½ cup walnuts, chopped
 * ¼ cup raisins

Directions

 * 1) Place flour, sugar, dry sugar substitute, cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves in mixer bowl and mix a low speed to blend well.
 * 2) Combine hot applesauce and baking soda ( don"t try to be modern and use cold applesauce and mix with baking soda with the flour; it doesn't work as well that way), and add, along with oil, walnuts and raisins, to flour mixture.
 * 3) Mix at medium speed until flour is moistened and batter in creamy.
 * 4) Spread batter evenly in a 9" by 13" cake pan that has been sprayed with pan spray or greased well with margarine.
 * 5) Bake at 375°F for 20 to 25 minutes, or till bars pull away from the sides of the pan and a cake tester comes out clean from the center.
 * 6) Cool on a wire rack.
 * 7) Cut three by six.

Nutritional information
Food exchange per serving: 1 starch/bread exchange + 1 fat exchange
 * cho: 17g | pro: 2g | fat: 5g | cal: 122
 * low-sodium diets: recipe is suitable written.