Instructions: These are perfect for a busy mother-simple to make with a minimum of ingredients.

Preheat oven to 350 .

Cream together butter and sugar; add applesauce. Mix in baking soda, salt, nutmeg and cinnamon.

Dredge raisins in flour, then add both flour and raisins to batter.

Bake in a greased 15 x 10-inch jelly roll pan for 20-25 minutes at 350 . Cool thoroughly in pan. Frost with a powdered sugar glaze. Cut into bars.

Yield: 36 pieces. Loretto J. Hulse, Food Writer, Tri-City Herald, Tri-Cities, WA

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