Raspberry-Almond Bars

Recipe Ingredients

2 cups	125g / 4.4oz	All-purpose flour
3 1/2 teaspoons	17ml	Equal for Recipes
		= (or 12 packets Equal sweetener
		Or 1/2 cup Equal Spoonful)
1/8 teaspoon	0.6ml	Salt
8 tablespoons	120ml	Cold margarine - cut into pieces
1		Egg
1 tablespoon	15ml	Skim milk or water
2 teaspoons	10ml	Grated lemon rind
2/3 cup	157ml	Seedless raspberry spreadable fruit
1 teaspoon	5ml	Cornstarch
1/2 cup	46g / 1.6oz	Chopped toasted almonds
		= (or walnuts or pecans)

Recipe Instructions

Combine flour, Equal and salt in medium bowl, cut in margarine with pastry blender until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Mix in egg, milk and lemon rind (mixture will be crumbly).

Press mixture evenly in bottom of greased baking dish, 11 by 7 inches. Bake in preheated 400 degree oven until edges of crust are browned, about 15 minutes. Cool on wire rack.

Mix spreadable fruit and cornstarch in small saucepan; heat to boiling. Boil until thickened, stirring constantly, 1 minute; cool until warm. Spread mixture evenly over cooled crust; sprinkle with almonds.

Bake in preheated 400 degree oven until spreadable fruit is thick and bubbly, about 15 minutes. Cool on wire rack; cut into bars.

This recipe yields 24 servings. Serving size: 1 bar.

Exchanges Per Serving: 1 Bread, 1 Fat.

Nutrition Facts: Calories 116; Total Fat 6g; Cholesterol 9mg; Sodium 59mg; Carbohydrate 15g; Dietary Fiber 1g; Protein 2g.

Source:
American Diabetes Association at http://www.diabetes.org

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