Swiss Roll Bars

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I have seen recipes for Swiss Roll Bars in many Amish cookbooks.   I don't know about you but the name "Swiss roll" evokes delicious nostalgia on my part.

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• 🍰 Swiss Roll Bar Ingredients
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• 🖨️ Amish Swiss Roll Bars

SIGH, I doubt I've had a treat like that in over 30 years.  Not that I really miss them.  They are packaged, processed foods that are basically diabetes in a wrapper, but...when you are 10 years old you don't worry about stuff like that.   And besides why buy them when you can make your own?  Rachel decided to tackle the Swiss roll recipe and I am glad she did because they turned out amazing.  No, no white swirl of cream here.

It's better: a layer of white cream encased in moist chocolate sweetened with, of all things, applesauce! Sort of reminds me of the old Hostess "Suzy Q's" more than a Swiss roll.  Either way this is an amazing dessert and I can see why it is a favorite in Amish kitchens.  Ready to tackle it yourself?  Here it is along with some more process photos.

But these homemade ones are better!

A great, chocolately taste!

Wax paper helps a lot with this one, you can use baking dishes or cookie sheets.

This recipe is work, but, wow, it is so worth it!

🍰 Swiss Roll Bar Ingredients

• 2 cups flour
• 1 /2 cup cocoa
• 1 /4 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 eggs
• 1 1 /2 cups sugar
• 1 /2 cup vegetable oil
• 2 cups applesauce
• Filling:
• 1-16 ounce container of whipped topping
• 1-8 ounce package of cream cheese
• 1 1 /2 cups of powdered sugar
• Topping
• 1 package of chocolate chips
• 5 tablespoons of butter

📋 Instructions

1. BARS: Stir flour, cocoa, salt and baking soda together in a medium bowl.
2. In a large mixing bowl add eggs, sugar, vegetable oil and applesauce and mix well.
3. Add dry ingredients to the mixing bowl a little at a time and mix until combined. Divide batter between two greased (10 X 15) cookie sheets.
4. Put wax paper under one it is easy to remove.
5. (Rachel did not have two cookie sheets with a rim so she used two greased 9 x 13 baking dishes with a strip of parchment paper under the batter to help remove the finished cakes).
6. Bake at 350 degrees for 20 to 30 minutes.
7. FILLING:
8. Cream together the cream cheese and powdered sugar with a mixer, then slowly add whipped topping.
9. Mix together and spread on one of the cooled layers of cake.
10. Remove the other cake from pan and put on top of this.
11. TOPPING:
12. Melt butter.
13. Remove from heat.
14. Add chocolate chips and stir until they are melted.
15. Spread on top of cake.
16. Chill and cut into bars.

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🖨️ Amish Swiss Roll Bars