3/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1/2 cup granulated sugar
4 tablespoons margarine
3/4 cup apple butter* or apple sauce
2 egg whites -- or 1 egg
2 tablespoons skim milk
2 teaspoons vanilla
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt -- optional
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg -- optional
3 cups Quaker? oats -- (quick or old fashioned, uncooked)
1 cup raisins or diced dried mixed fruit
Heat oven to 350?F. Beat together sugars and margarine until well blended. Add apple butter, egg whites, milk and vanilla; beat well. Add combined flour, baking soda, cinnamon, salt and nutmeg; mix well. Stir in oats and raisins; mix well. (Dough will be moist.) Spread dough onto bottom of ungreased 13x9-inch baking pan. Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until edges are light golden brown. Cool completely before cutting into bars. Store tightly covered.
ABOUT 32 BARS
* Apple butter is usually available in your supermarket's jam & jelly section.
Nutrition Information 1 cookie: Calories 90, Calories From Fat 15, Total Fat 2g, Saturated Fat 0g, Cholesterol 0mg, Sodium 45mg, Total Carbohydrates 19g, Dietary Fiber 1g, Protein 2g
Note: For a no-fat-added cookie, omit margarine and increase apple butter to 1 cup; and continue as recipe directs. Nutrition Information: 1 cookie (made without margarine or butter)
Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 68 Calories; 1g Fat (19.6% calories from fat); 1g Protein; 13g Carbohydrate; trace Dietary Fiber; trace Cholesterol; 95mg Sodium. Exchanges: 1/2 Grain(Starch); 0 Lean Meat; 0 Non-Fat Milk; 1/2 Fat; 1/2 Other Carbohydrates.
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