Applesauce Cereal Bars

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 cup firmly packed brown sugar (light or dark)
• 1 cup unsweetened applesauce
• 1 large egg
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 2 cups kellog smart start cereal or 2 cups just right cereal
• 2 tablespoons butter, melted
• 1/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar (light or dark)
• 1/4-1/2 teaspoon orange extract or 1/4-1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Recipe

• 1 bars: preheat oven to 350°.
• 2 grease and flour (or spray with bakers joy) a 13x9-inch baking pan.
• 3 in small bowl, mix flour, baking soda, and spices.
• 4 in mixing bowl, cream brown sugar and butter until light and fluffy.
• 5 add applesauce and egg and blend well.
• 6 mix in dry ingredients from small bowl.
• 7 stir in cereal and spread batter into prepared pan.
• 8 bake 25-30 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
• 9 glaze, and let cake cool.
• 10 cut into bars.
• 11 glaze: in small bowl, add glaze ingredients and microwave on medium power to melt butter and sugar.
• 12 pour warm glaze over cake.
• 13 variation: substitute 1 cup crushed pineapple, undrained, for the applesauce.