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     Title: Chewy Oatmeal Raisin Bars
Categories: Diabetic, Cookies
     Yield: 32 bars

   3/4 c  Packed brown sugar
     4 tb Margarine, softened
     2    Egg whites
     2 ts Vanilla
     1 ts Baking soda
   1/4 ts Salt (optional)
     1 c  Raisins
   1/2 c  Sugar
   3/4 c  Applebutter or applesauce
     2 tb Skim milk
 1-1/2 c  All-purpose flout
     1 ts Cinnamon
     3 c  Oats (quick or oldfashioned,
          -uncooked)

 Heat oven to 350°.  Beat together sugars and margarine
 until blended.  Add apple butter, egg whites, milk,
 and vanilla; beat well.  Add combined flour, baking
 soda, cinnamon, and salt; mix well.  Stir in oats and
 raisins; mix well.  (Dough will be moist.)  Spread
 dough in greased 13-by-9-inch baking pam.  Bake for 25
 to 30 minutes or until light brown. Cool before
 cutting into bars.

 Per bar: 90 Cal., 0 Chol, one-half gram soluble fiber,
 2g Fat, 16g Carbo, 1g Dietary fiber, 2g Prot.

 Exchange - 1 starch

 Source: Times Picayune newspaper, New Orleans LA 6/6/96.

 Formatted by Chris Tomlinson

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