Raisin walnut bars
Raisin walnut bars recipe in the cookie category
Recipe ingredients:
- 1 cup chopped raisins
- 1/2 cup raspberry or plum jam
- 2 eggs
- 3/4 cup packed brown sugar
- 1/4 cup all purpose flour
- 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup chopped walnuts
- 1 teaspoon grated orange peel
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- Powdered sugar
Recipe method:
- Combine 1 1/4 cups flour, 1/3 cup granulated sugar and 1/2 cup butter.
- Blend to fine crumbs.
- Press firmly into bottom of greased 8 inch square pan.
- Bake at 350 degrees F about 25 minutes or until lightly browned.
- Mix raisins and jam.
- Spread over the shortbread.
- Beat eggs with brown sugar, flour, baking powder and salt.
- Stir in the walnuts, orange peel and vanilla.
- Pour mixture over top.
- Return pan to oven.
- Bake 35 to 40 minutes until top is browned and springs back when punched.
- Cool in pan.
- Sift with powdered sugar.
- Cut into bars.
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