---------- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.05
 
      Title: Apple-Spice Bars
 Categories: Cookies
      Yield: 12 servings
 
    1/3 c  Shortening
    3/4 c  Sugar
      2    Eggs; large
    3/4 c  Flour; unbleached
    1/2 ts Salt
    1/2 ts Baking powder
    1/4 ts Baking soda
    1/4 ts Nutmeg; ground
    1/4 ts Ginger; ground
      1 c  Apples; finely chopped; *
           Topping-
      2 tb Sugar
    1/2 ts Cinnamon
 
     *  Core and Peel Apples.  Chop as fine as possible. Cream shortening and
  sugar.  Add eggs, one at a time, and beat well. Stir together the flour,
  salt, baking powder, baking soda and spices. Blend into the creamed mixture
  and mix well. Stir in apples. Spread in a greased 13 X 9 X 2-inch pan. Mix
  sugar and cinnamon together; blend well. Sprinkle on top of the dough. Bake
  at 350 degrees F for 25 to 30 minutes. Cool; cut into bars.
     Makes 36 bars.
 
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