Kelly's Calico Apple Bars

"Rich, moist bar cookies that taste more like a very rich cake! Packed with chocolate chips, raisins, pecans and applesauce! Pure heaven!"
 
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Ready In:
55mins
Ingredients:
12
Serves:
16
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ingredients

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directions

  • Note: I have tried both the 6 oz and the 12 oz size bags before--Both work; The 6 oz works perfectly, but when I am BINGING for chocolate I have used the 12 oz size bag instead; (hehe) The 12 oz size makes them VERY chocolately, though, and are just a bit harder to cut due to all that ooey, gooey chocolate!
  • Either way, you can't go wrong!
  • Cream shortening and sugar, add eggs, beat.
  • Add dry ingredients alternately with applesauce.
  • (I add half of the flour with the rest of the dry ingredients, then half of the applesauce, then the rest of the flour, then the rest of the applesauce).
  • Fold in chips, raisins and pecans.
  • Bake in greased 13x9 baking pan or glass dish for 40 minutes at 350°, cool completely, sift powdered sugar over top, cut into bars.
  • HEAVEN!

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Reviews

  1. Very very yummy!! I ended up using 8 oz chocolate chips. I also only had to bake for 35 minutes and they were perfectly done. Thanks so much for the recipe Kelly!
     
  2. Very good and not too sweet! For the applesauce, I just peeled an apple and whipped it up with a little water in my food processor. Thank you, Kelly! Reviewed for ZWT4.
     
  3. ZWT4: Yum yum!! Simple, easy and oh so yummy!!!
     
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