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      Title: Pumpkin Bars #1 - Fruit Sweet
 Categories: Diabetic, Cooky/bars
      Yield: 36 servings

    1/2 c  Butter
    1/2 c  Fruit Sweet  ** See Note
    1/2 c  Mashed banana - 1 med.
      1    Egg
    1/2 c  Canned pumpkin - NOT pie
           -filling
      2 ts Vanilla
  1-1/2 c  Flour
      1 ts Baking soda
      1 ts Allspice
      1 ts Cinnamon
      1 ts Ginger
    1/2 c  Raisins
    1/2 c  Chopped nuts

           TOPPING

      3 tb Orange Juice concentrate
      3 tb Fruit Sweet **SEE NOTE
      2 ts Orange rind
      1 ts Vanilla

           **NOTE ON Fruit Sweet**
           -It is made of peach and
           -pear juices & pineapple
           -syrup.  It is available
           -from:  Wax Orchards
           --------R4 - 320
           --------Vashon Island, WA
           ----------98070

    SOURCE: Ellen Cleary.

    Preheat oven to 325° F.  Spray a 9x13" pan with Pam. Combine butter,
  Fruit Sweet, and banana.  Beat in egg, pumpkin, and vanilla. Combine flour,
  soda, allspice, cinnamon, and ginger. Stir into pumpkin mixture. Add
  raisins and nuts.  Spread into pan.  Bake 20 to 25 minutes, until firm in
  center.

    Make topping by combining orange juice concentrate, Fruit Sweet, orange
  rind, and vanilla.  Spread over warm bars.

    Makes 36 bars.

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