Chewy Peanut Butter Brownies

INGREDIENTS:

3/4 c Firmly packed brown sugar
1/2 c Granulated sugar
4 tb Margarine
3/4 c Apple butter* or apple sauce
2 Egg whites or 1 egg
2 tb Skim milk
2 ts Vanilla
1 1/2 c All-purpose flour
1 ts Baking soda
1 ts Ground cinnamon
1/2 ts Salt; (optional)
1/4 ts Ground nutmeg; (optional)
3 c QUAKER? Oats (quick or old
-fashioned; uncooked)
1 c Raisins or diced dried mixed
-fruit

Heat oven to 350?F. Lightly spray cookie sheet with no-stick cooking spray. Beat together sugars and margarine until well blended. Add apple butter, egg whites, milk and vanilla; beat well. Add combined flour, baking soda, cinnamon, salt and nutmeg; mix well. Stir in oats and raisins; mix well. (Dough will be moist.) Drop by rounded tablespoonfuls onto prepared cookie sheet. Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until edges are light golden brown. Cool 1 minute on cookie sheet; remove to wire rack. Cool completely. Store in tightly covered container.

ABOUT 3-1/2 DOZEN

* Apple butter is usually available in your supermarket's jam & jelly section.

Nutrition Information 1 cookie: Calories 90, Calories From Fat 15, Total Fat 2g, Saturated Fat 0g, Cholesterol 0mg, Sodium 45mg, Total Carbohydrates 19g, Dietary Fiber 1g, Protein 2g

Note: For a no-fat-added cookie, omit margarine and increase apple butter to 1 cup; and continue as recipe directs. Nutrition Information: 1 cookie (made without margarine or butter) Calories 90, Calories from Fat 5, Total Fat 0g, Cholesterol 0mg, Sodium 30mg, Total Carbohydrates 19g, Dietary Fiber 1g, Protein 2g