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     Title: Applesauce Bars
Categories: Cookies
     Yield: 1 Servings

   1/2 c  Shortening
     1 c  Sugar
     1    Egg; beaten
     1 c  Applesauce
     1 ts Soda
 1 1/2 c  Flour
   1/4 ts Salt
   1/2 ts Cinnamon
   1/4 ts Nutmeg
   1/4 ts Cloves
          Chopped nuts, optional

   Cream shortening and sugar. Add egg.
   In another bowl mix applesauce and soda. Add to shortening/sugar mixture.
   Sift together flour, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves. Add to other
 mixture. Nuts may be added.
   Bake in 10x15" pan at 375 for 20 to 25 minutes.

 Source: Betty Hutson, Stamford (Nebr.) Centennial Cookbook Formatted by:
 Nancy Filbert; April, 1995

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