FROSTED PRUNE NUT BARS

Ingredients:

• 2 cups raw cane sugar,
• 2 teaspoons baking powder,
• 1/4 teaspoon kosher sea salt,
• 1 cup unsweetened apple sauce, room temperature,
• 2 cups prunes, chopped,
• 2 cups pecans, chopped,
• 2 cups matzo meal (preferred) or all purpose flour,
• 2 tablespoons ghee or butter, melted,
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract,

Cream Cheese Frosting:

• 8 oz Cream Cheese,
• 1/4 cup ghee or softened butter,
• 4 cups powdered sugar,
• 2 teaspoons vanilla,

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
2. In a large bowl, combine: matzo or flour, 2 cups of sugar, pecans, prunes, sea salt, and baking powder.  Add applesauce, melted ghee or butter, and vanilla; and mix well until the dry ingredients are moistened.
3. Pour ingredients into a 15x10x1 inch baking pan.  Bake at preselection temperature for approximately 20 to 25 minutes, or until desired doneness when a toothpick comes out clear.  Cool bars on a wire rack.  
4. In a medium bowl, beat together the cream cheese and butter, and subsequently add the other cream cheese frosting ingredients together; to make a creamy frosting. Spread the frosting over the cooled bars. 
5. Enjoy!

*Makes approximately 24 servings*