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This wonderful recipe and photo were shared with me by my
sister, Carol Arroyo, and her website called
The Baking Pan.
Recipe adapted from The Complete Cookie by Barry Bluestein
and Kevin Morrissey.
Carol says, "
A
blanket of snowy white sugar covers these sweet, delicious bars. The
mincemeat, molasses, raisins, and brown sugar flavors, enhanced by the
orange and vanilla extracts combine to give a wonderful rich taste.
Perfect for your fall and winter dessert table."
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Mincemeat Bars Recipe
Recipe Type:
Cookies,
Christmas Cookie,
Mincemeat,
Bar Cookies
Yields: 2 dozen bars
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 30 min
Ingredients:
1 cup all-purpose
flour
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
1/2 teaspoon ground allspice
1 large
egg
2 tablespoons unsalted butter, room temperature
3/4 cups firmly-packed light brown
sugar
2 tablespoons light or dark molasses
1 teaspoon grated
orange zest
1/2 teaspoon pure orange extract
1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1 cup prepared
mincemeat
1/2 cup golden raisins
1/2 cup walnuts or pecans, coarsely chopped
2 tablespoons confectioners' (powdered) sugar), for topping
Preparation:
Preheat oven to
375 degrees F. Lightly grease and flour a 13- x 9-inch baking pan.
In a medium bowl, sift together the flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon,
cloves, and allspice together; set aside.
In a large bowl, combine egg, butter,
brown sugar, and molasses; beat together until mixture is thick and
smooth. Add orange zest, orange extract, and vanilla extract; stir to
mix. Add mincemeat, raisins and nuts; stir to mix. Add flour mixture;
stir until mixed.
Spread the batter evenly in the baking pan. Bake approximately 25 to 30 minutes or
until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Remove from oven.
Using a fine-mesh sieve, dust the top of the hot cookie with
confectioners sugar. Leave cookie in pan to cool; place baking pan on
wire rack to cool. When cool, cut into 2-inch squares.
Makes about 2 dozen bars
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