Categories: Cookie Bars- Fruit Bars- Brownies

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup solid white vegetable shortening
• 2/3 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 cup canned applesauce
• 1 cup rye flour
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 1 tsp. baking soda
• 1 tsp. cinnamon
• 1/4 tsp. nutmeg
• 1/8 tsp. ground cloves
• 1/2 cup raisins
• Frosting:
• 3 Tbsp. margarine, softened
• 2 cups confectioners' sugar
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• #Tbsp. (about) milk
• 1/4 cup chopped walnuts

Directions

1. Cream shortening and sugar together. Add egg and applesauce and mix well. Add remaining ingredients, except last 2, and mix well.

2. Spread in greased 13 × 9 × 2 inch baking pan and bake in preheated 350 degree oven 25 to 30 minutes. Cool in pan on cake rack.

3. Spread with frosting, then sprinkle with nuts. When firm, cut in bars.

4. makes about 2 1/2 dozen

5. Frosting:

6. Cream together 3 margarine and confectioners’ sugar. Add vanilla and enough milk to make frosting of spreading consistency.

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