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🍎🍂 Fresh‑Milled Flour Applesauce Bars with Cream Cheese Frosting

Recipe by Monica

These Fresh‑Milled Flour Applesauce Bars are soft, moist, and warmly spiced with cinnamon, nutmeg, and ginger. The applesauce keeps them tender, while fresh‑milled soft white wheat adds wholesome flavor. Finished with a sweet, tangy cream cheese frosting, these bars make the perfect cozy fall treat for any homestead kitchen.

  • Total Time35 minutes
  • Yield12 slices 1x

Ingredients

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For the Applesauce Bars

  • 1/3 cup avocado oil
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup applesauce
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 135g soft white wheat berries (to mill)
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 1/4 tsp nutmeg
  • 1/8 tsp ginger

Cream Cheese Frosting

  • 4 oz cream cheese, softened
  • 1 tbsp butter, softened
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla
  • 1 cup confectioners’ sugar

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
  2. Grease an 8Ă—8 baking pan.
  3. Weigh and mill 135g soft white wheat berries.
  4. In a mixing bowl, whisk together the dry ingredients: fresh‑milled flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, and ginger.
  5. Add the remaining wet ingredients — avocado oil, brown sugar, applesauce, and vanilla.
  6. Mix until just combined.
  7. Pour batter into the prepared pan and spread evenly.
  8. Bake for 20–25 minutes, or until the center is set.
  9. Cool completely before frosting.

Cream Cheese Frosting

  1. Add the cream cheese, butter, and vanilla to a bowl.
  2. Whisk together or use a hand mixer until smooth.
  3. Add the confectioners’ sugar and mix until creamy and fully combined.
  4. Frost bars once they are completely cooled.
  • Prep Time: 10
  • Cook Time: 25

Find it online: https://duttonhomestead.com/%f0%9f%8d%8e%f0%9f%8d%82-fresh-milled-flour-applesauce-bars-with-cream-cheese-frosting/