Re: Bars & Squares
Fruit Bars
2 cups sugar
¾ cup shortening
3 eggs
½ cup honey
3 TBS molasses
4 ½ cups flour
1 tsp salt
2 tsp soda
2 tsp cinnamon
¾ cup coconut
1 ¼ cup chopped dates
1 cup raisins
1 cup chopped walnuts
½ cup rolled oats
* Cream sugar and shortening together, beat in eggs.
* Stir in honey and molasses.
* Sift dry ingredients and add slowly along with remaining ingredients.
* Knead with hands to blend ingredients, adding a little water is the mixture is too dry to form into rolls.
* Shape dough into rolls 2 inches in diameter and arrange on a greased cookie sheet.
* Slightly flatten rolls with fingers.
* Bake at 375 ° for 10 minutes or until golden brown and test done with a toothpick.
* Cut crosswise with a pizza cutter while still warm.
* Glaze with icing.
Frosting Glaze for Fruit Bars:
½ cup sugar
¼ cup water
1 TBS white corn syrup
1 ½ cup confectioners sugar
* In a small sauce pan stir together sugar, water and corn syrup.
* Cook over medium heat stirring constantly until mixture boils.
* Remove from heat and cool 5 minutes.
* Gradually stir in confectioners sugar beating until smoothe after each addition.
* Mixture should have a syrupy consistency.
Make 3 dozen large bars or 6 dozen small.
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