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Title: Apricot-Cardamom Bars
Categories: Dessert Cookie Lowfat
Yield: 24 Bars

1cAll-purpose flour
1/2cBrown sugar, packed
1/2tsBaking powder
1/4tsBaking soda
1/4tsGround cardamom; OR...
1/8ts-Ground cloves
1/2cApricot nectar OR- Orange juice
1/4cUnsweetened applesauce
2tbCooking oil
1 Egg; slightly beaten
1/2cDried apricots (finely snipped)
APRICOT ICING
1/2cPowdered sugar
3tsApricot nectar OR- Orange juice

In a medium mixing bowl stir together flour, brown sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and cardamom or cloves; set aside. Stir together apricot nectar or orange juice, applesauce, oil, and egg till combined. Add to dry ingredients, stirring till just combined. Stir in the snipped apricots.

Spread batter in an ungreased 11 x 7 x 1-1/2-inch baking pan. Bake in a 350 F oven about 25 minutes or till a wooden pick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool in pan on a wire rack. Drizzle with Apricot Icing. Cut into bars.

Apricot Icing: In a small mixing bowl, stir together 2 to 3 teaspoons apricot nectar or orange juice.

Nutrition facts per serving: 67 cal., 1 g total fat (0 g sat. fat), 9 mg chol., 17 mg sodium, 13 g carbo., 0 g fiber, 1 g pro. Daily Value: 3% vit. A, 3% vit. C, 0% calcium, 3% iron.

* Source: Better Homes and Gardens, January 1994 * Typed for you by Karen Mintzias

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