Applesauce Spice Bars

Ingredients

• 1 cup applesauce
• ⅔ cup packed brown sugar
• ¼ cup vegetable oil
• 2 eggs
• 2 cup Bisquick baking mix
• 1 tsp pumpkin pie spice
• ½ cup chopped nuts
• ¼ cup browned butter glaze margarine or butter
• 2 cup browned butter glaze powdered sugar
• 1 tsp browned butter glaze vanilla
• 1½ tbsp browned butter glaze; 1 to 2 hot water

Method

1. Heat the oven to 350 degrees. Grease an oblong pan, 13x9x2 inches. Beat the applesauce, brown sugar, oil and eggs in a large mixer bowl on medium speed, scraping the bowl occasionally, 1 minute. Stir in the baking mix, pumpkin pie spice and nuts. Spread in the pan.
2. Bake until a wooden pick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 25 minutes; cool. Spread with Browned Butter Glaze. Cut into bars, about 3x1 inches.
3. Browned Butter Glaze: Heat the margarine over low heat until golden brown; remove from the heat. Beat in the powdered sugar and vanilla. Stir in the water, 1 teaspoon at a time, until smooth and of desired consistency.

Notes

3 dozen bars. From General Mills (Bisquick).

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