Moist Applesauce Cocoa Bars

"These bars are so moist and yummy. I have even added chopped apples to the batter... Note: this makes a large amount of bars, but they freeze well...great for potlucks too."
 
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Ready In:
45mins
Ingredients:
12
Yields:
3-4 dozen
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ingredients

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directions

  • Set oven to 350 degrees.
  • Grease a 15 x 10-inch jelly roll pan.
  • In a bowl, cream the 1-1/2 cups sugar with the 1/2 cup butter; beat until fluffy.
  • Add in the eggs; beat well.
  • Sift together the cocoa, baking soda, cinnamon and the flour.
  • Add to the butter mixture, alternately with the applesauce; mix well.
  • Transfer the mixture to the prepared baking pan.
  • In a small bowl, combine the 2 Tbsp sugar, 1 cup chocolate chips and 1 cup chopped nuts.
  • Sprinkle over the batter in the pan.
  • Bake for 30 minutes (do not over bake!) Cut into bars.

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Reviews

  1. YUMMY! Made these early this morning before it got too hot in the kitchen. A real snap to mix up and turned out oh-so moist and delicious. Just the right blend of cinnamon and chocolate. I omitted the nuts to please the kids, and drizzled with a few melted chocolate chips right after I removed from oven. Perfect with some vanilla ice cream!
     
  2. These were so good! Wow. Made these for a former neighbor who moved to a "work in progress" house with her dh and 5 kids a year ago and they still don't have a working oven. I made a 1.5 sized recipe because my pan was bigger and it worked great (though I did have to cook for 40 minutes). I used whole wheat pastry flour but otherwise left the bars the same. For the topping I used Oklahoma pecans, semi sweet chocolate chunks, and milk chocolate chips. I forgot to add the sugar and just pretty much poured the 3 things in a bowl (using all the nuts & chunks I had and them liberally adding some chips) and then put them on the top. Really yummy bars. A little crumbly but moist and lovely. Just chocolatey enough. Thanks Kitten!
     
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