Applesauce-Cocoa Squares

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Course : Chocolate
From: HungryMonster.com
Serves: 16
 

Ingredients:

1 cup Flour, all-purpose -- unbleach
3/4 cup Sugar
1/2 cup Cocoa -- unsweetened
2 teaspoons Baking powder
1/2 cup Nonfat milk -- originally skim
1/4 cup Applesauce -- unsweetened
1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
3/4 cup Brown sugar -- packed
1 3/4 cups Hot water
 

Preparation:

Recipe by: 500 Fatfree Recipes, Sarah Schlesinger, pg 352 Preheat oven to 350 deg F. Line an 8" sq baking pan with a baking pan liner or spray lightly with vegetable cooking spray. Combine flour, sugar, 1/4 C of the cocoa, and baking powder in a mixing bowl. Combine milk, applesauce, and vanilla in a separate bowl. Stir wet ingredients into dry ingredients. Spoon batter into pan. Combine brown sugar, remaining 1/4 C cocoa, and water. Pour over batter. Bake for 40 min. Remove from oven and cool in pan. Cut into 16 squares.