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Healthified Raspberry Bars

Healthified Raspberry Bars
Recipe Tip
What is "Healthified"?
We've replaced ingredients with great-tasting alternatives to create better-for-you recipes that are just as yummy as the originals.
Substitution
Any flavor fruit spread or preserves can be substituted for the raspberry - try apricot or strawberry for a change.
Special Touch
Serve these pretty bars on black or dark plate for a little visual drama. Or, need a gift? Package them in a decorative box and include the recipe.

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38% fewer calories • 45% less fats • 50% less sat fat than the original recipe—see the comparison. Lock in sweet fruit flavor in bars dramatically reduced in fat and calories. From eatbetteramerica.
Prep Time:15 min
Start to Finish:2 hr
makes:24 bars
3/4cup Gold Medal® all-purpose flour
3/4cup Gold Medal® whole wheat flour
3/4cup sugar
1/2cup butter, softened
1egg white
3/4cup Cascadian Farm® organic raspberry fruit spread
1/2cup chopped walnuts
1.Heat oven to 350°F. Line 8-inch square pan with foil. In large bowl, mix flours, sugar, butter and egg white with electric mixer on low speed until crumbly.
2.Reserve 1/2 cup crumb mixture for topping. Press remaining crumb mixture firmly in bottom of pan. Spread fruit spread to within 1/2 inch of edges. Sprinkle reserved 1/2 cup crumb mixture over top; sprinkle with walnuts.
3.Bake 40 to 45 minutes or until light golden brown. Cool completely, about 1 hour. For bars, cut into 6 rows by 4 rows.
Nutritional Information
1 Bar: Calories 130 (Calories from Fat 50); Total Fat 6g (Saturated Fat 2 1/2g, Trans Fat 0g); Cholesterol 10mg; Sodium 30mg; Total Carbohydrate 18g (Dietary Fiber 1g, Sugars 11g); Protein 1Percent Daily Value*: Vitamin A 2%; Vitamin C 0%; Calcium 0%; Iron 2Exchanges: 1/2 Starch; 1/2 Fruit; 0 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Vegetable; 1 Fat Carbohydrate Choices: 1 
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
 
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Love!
I am in love with these bars - i have made them three times already. They are so easy, i love the flavor of the raspberry combined with the crust and crumbly top. This is a winner!
Posted at 1:25 PM on December 28 2011 by AStolper
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Posted at 12:35 PM on November 23 2011 by mrschef
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Healthified Raspberry Bars
Better than I expected. Next time I will use less sugar. I used another brand of fruit spread it worked out fine. I used a butter spread which worked fine too....will make again.....the bars were soooo small but good......
Posted at 3:04 PM on May 19 2011 by grannyoffive
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Great with a few adjustments
I used unbleached flour, brown rice syrup for the refined white sugar, and Smart Balance buttery spread to get rid of the fat. Very nice and very healthy, especially if you are on a very restricted heart diet.
Posted at 3:35 PM on June 7 2010 by
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Tastes great!
These were great. My boyfriend and I thought that these would be a great trade-off for buying premade "breakfast bars." They have a "breakfasty" taste to them. Grab two of these on the way out the door and you're good. Being college students the butter is a little too expensive for our budget, so I had to substitute margarine instead and that made them less healthy. We also used a 9x9 pan which made the bars seem a little bigger. Overall rating 5 because while they are not the healthiest they stil incorporate fiber into your diet and NO PRESERVATIVES!
Posted at 11:22 AM on February 6 2009 by Roswalien
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Raspberry Bars
these are good!
Posted at 9:49 AM on January 26 2009 by harleypilot
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Healthified raspberry bars
I made these two days ago, and they are still delicious. The only difference was, I didn't have the raspberry preserve on hand, but strawberry. I plan on using apricot preserve next time. Also, I toasted the nuts, and used even less than the 1/2 cup. Delicious!
Posted at 11:11 AM on December 15 2008 by edna mae
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tiny bars
OK, cutting a 8x8 pan into 24 bars is pushing it - even 16 is pretty small. A 1 inch by 1.3 inch bar for 130 cals is not good if you want a satisfying low cal treat. Try replacing half or 2/3 of the butter with applesauce (you can do this with almost any bar recipe with no real detriment), use half splenda if you are OK with using splenda, and use reduced sugar jam. Then cut them into 16 reasonable sized bars for 135 cals/bar!
Posted at 11:11 AM on December 15 2008 by slyan