Ingredients:
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1/4 cup margarine, softened
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/8 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
8 ounces plain low-fat yogurt
2 egg whites
2 cups peeled chopped granny smith apples
1/4 cup chopped walnuts
Directions:
Combine first 3 ingredients in a bowl, beating well at medium speed of an electric mixer.
Reserve 2 cups flour mixture, and set aside.
Add baking soda and next 3 ingredients to remaining flour mixture; beat well.
Add vanilla and next 2 ingredients; beat well.
Stir in apple.
Press reserved 2 cups flour mixture into the bottom of a 9 x 13 x 2-inch baking pan coated with cooking spray.
Sprinkle walnuts over flour mixture.
Spread apple mixture over prepared crust.
Bake at 350 degrees for 40 minutes or until browned.
Cool completely in pan on a wire rack.
Yield: 24 servings (serving size: 1[2-1/4 x 2-1/8-inch] bar).
NOTES: Ann Lapinski, of Schenectady, New York, lightened her mother’s crunchy dessert recipe and served it to her family.
They didn’t notice any difference.
Servings: 24
Time preparation: 20 min.
Time total: 50 min.