Ingredients

1/2 cup cold applesauce
2 envelopes (1 tablespoon each) unflavored gelatin
3/4 cup applesauce
2 cups sugar
1 cup walnuts, broken
1 tablespoon vanilla

Soak gelatin in cold applesauce. In meantime, combine 3/4 cup applesauce with sugar in medium saucepan; bring to boil; then cook 10 minutes. Add gelatin mixture to hot mixture; cook and stir 15 minutes longer. Remove from heat. Stir in nuts and vanilla. Pour into loaf tin that has been rinsed with cold water. Refrigerate overnight. Loosen edges and, working with fingers, loosen from bottom of pan onto mound of powdered sugar. Cut into 1-inch squares; roll each piece in powdered sugar. Makes 3 dozen pieces.

Directions

FOR COTLETS: Drain 1 can (29 ounces) or 1 quart apricots. In blender, puree apricots. Use in place of applesauce in above recipe.

Each serving contains 64 calories, 1g fat, 1mg sodium, 0mg cholesterol, 17% of calories from fat.