Double Apple Squares

Total Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1 1/4 cups applesauce
• 1 cup all-bran cereal, 100%
• 1/2 cup butter or 1/2 cup margarine, softened
• 3/4 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
• 1 egg
• 2 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 medium apple, unpeeled, shredded
• 1 cup pecans, chopped, divided
• 2 tablespoons brown sugar

Recipe

• 1 combine applesauce and cereal. set aside.
• 2 cream butter and brown sugar, until light and fluffy. beat in egg.
• 3 blend in flour, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda, nutmeg, salt and cereal mix. beating until smooth.
• 4 stir in apple and 1/2 cup pecans.
• 5 spread evenly in 13x9 pan. combine remaining ingredients (1/2 cup pecans and 2 tablespoons brown sugar). sprinkle over top.
• 6 bake at 375f for about 30 minutes.
• 7 cool on rack. cut into bars.