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Johnny Appleseed Squares




Source of Recipe


Ell/EDC


Recipe Introduction


This is a nice apple, raisin and nut cake. You can omit the nuts and add more raisins. Or put the nuts on the frosting.


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List of Ingredients




1½ cups flour
2 eggs, beaten
½ tsp salt
2 cups pared, chopped apple
½ tsp baking soda
1 TBSP lemon juice
1½ cups rolled oats, uncooked
1/3 cup raisins
1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1/3 cup chopped walnuts
½ cup shortening, melted

Frosting:
1½ cups 10x sugar
apple juice

Recipe



Preheat oven to 375*.

Sift together flour, salt and soda. Stir in oats and brown sugar. Gradually add melted shortening and eggs, stirring with a fork till mixture is crumbly. Firmly press half of mixture into bottom of greased 9" square baking pan.

Mix apples and lemon juice; stir in raisins and nuts. Place apple mixture in even layer over crumb base.

Roll remaining oats mixture between 2 sheets of waxed paper to form 9" square. Remove top sheet of paper and invert dough over filling pressing down lightly. Remove paper. Bake for 30 minutes.

For frosting: Drizzle apple juice into powdered sugar until of frosting consistency.