Just Great Ginger-Cake Bars Recipe

Ingredients

• ½ cup (100 g) Spectrum Organic Shortening
• 2 tablespoons (30 g) brown sugar
• 1 cup (235 ml) unsulfured molasses
• 1 cup (235 ml) boiling water
• 2 cups (250 g) Bob’s Red Mill white or brown rice flour
• ¼ cup (30 g) Bob’s Red Mill tapioca flour
• 1 teaspoon (4.6 g) baking soda
• ½ teaspoon (3 g) salt
• 1 teaspoon (1.8 g) ground ginger
• 1 teaspoon (2.3 g) ground cinnamon

• 1 cup (250 g) sweetened chunky cinnamon applesauce
• 0.33 cup (67 g) Spectrum Organic Shortening
• 2½ cups (300 g) powdered sugar
• 2 tablespoons (30 ml) water

1. Preheat oven to 325°F (170°C, or gas mark 3).
To Make the Bars
2. With a mixer, on low speed, mix together shortening, brown sugar, molasses, and water. Add remaining bar ingredients and mix until smooth. Pour into a greased 9 x 13-inch (23 x 33-cm) baking pan.
3. Bake for about 50 minutes, or until firm in the center. Let cool
To Make the Topping
4. Spread applesauce over the warm cake and cut into bars. Or in a food processor, combine shortening, powdered sugar, and water and pulse until smooth. Frost cake, and then cut into bars.