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Ingredients
1/3 cup reduced-calorie margarine, melted
1 brown sugar substitute to =
1/4 cup brown sugar
1 sugar substitute to =
1/4 cup sugar
1 egg
1 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp ground cinnamon
1/3 cup raisins
2/3 cup unsweetened orange juice
1 vegetable cooking spray
Directions
Combine margarine, sugar substitutes, and egg; beat at high speed of an
electric mixer 2 minutes.
Combine flour, baking powder, soda, and cinnamon, stirring to blend.
Stir in raisins.
Add flour mixture to creamed mixture alternately with orange juice,
beginning and ending with flour mixture. Beat at low speed of an electric
mixer after each addition.
Spoon batter into an 8-inch square baking pan coated with cooking spray.
Bake at 350 degrees for 25 to 30 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in
center comes out clean. Cut into squares to serve. Makes 9 servings.
Nutritional information per serving: calories - 118, protein - 3 gm.,
fat - 3 gm., carbohydrates - 19 gm, cholesterol - 30 mg., fiber - trace,
sodium - 257 mg. Diabetic Exchanges: 1 Starch, 1 Fat
From: All New Cookbook for Diabetics and Their Families by University
of Alabama at Birmingham copyright 1988
Servings: 9
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