Lemon Bars

1/2 c soft butter
1/4 c powdered sugar
1 c flour

Cream butter and sugar; add four.
Spread into 8x8 pan
Bake at 325 for 15-20 min

While crust is baking, prepare next layer:
2 eggs
1 cup sugar
2 T flour
2 T lemon juice
grated lemon rind ( 1/2 lemon)
Beat eggs slightly & add sugar, flour & lemon rind.
Mix well. Pour over the hot crust

Bake for 15-20 minutes at 325
Remove and sprinkle with powdered sugar
Cool before cutting into finger cookies
 

Date Bars

This is definitely the recipe of 2009. We went to Salt Lake and stayed with Bruce's parents and they had these sitting on the counter, we could not stop eating them. Uncle Red had the recipe from an old bakery and gave it to Dad to make (since he loves to bake). We now make them all the time but they do not sit on our counters long. They are really called Fruit Bars.

2 c sugar
3/4c shortening
3 eggs
1/3 c Honey
3 T molasses
2 tsp Cinnamon
3/4 c coconut
1 1/4 c dates
1 c nuts, chopped
1 c raisins
1/2 c rolled oats
4 1/3 c flour
1 tsp salt
2 tsp soda

Cookie Glaze

Cream together sugar and shortening; then beat in eggs. Stir in honey and molasses. Sift together flour, salt , soda, and cinnamon and stir in along with remaining ingredients. Mix with hand, if needed, to blend, add a little water if mix is too dry to form into rolls.

Shape dough into rolls 2 inches in diameter, length of cookie sheet and arrange on greased cookie sheets. Slightly flaten rolls with fingers. Makes 4 rolls -2 per large cookie sheet.
Bake at 375 for 11- 12 minutes or until golden brown and test with a toothpick.
Cut crosswise into bars while warm. Frost or drizzle with cookie glaze. Makes 3 dz large or 6 doz small bars.

Cookie Glaze

1/2 c sugar
1/4 c water
1 T corn syrup
11/3 c powdered sugar

In a small saucepan, stir together sugar, water and corn syrup. Cook over medium hear, stirring constantly until mixture boils, remove from heat. Cool for 5 minutes. Gradually stir in powdered sugar, beating until smooth after each addition. Mixture should have syrup consistency.

GooeyButter Bars

Megan tried this recipe when we first moved to colorado and we love them so we call the our Colorado cookies

1 yellow cake mix
1/2 c butter
1 egg

Mix together and spread in a 9X13 pan.

Beat together:
80z cream cheese, use low fat if want
2 eggs
2 cups powdered sugar

Spread over crust
Bake at 350 for 45 minutes
Sprinkle with powdered sugar