Walnut Glazed Sugar Cookie Bars

Sugar Cookies:
1 1/4 cups walnuts, finely chopped
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
6 tablespoons butter
10 tablespoons solid vegetable shortening
1 cup granulated sugar
1 egg white
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

Glaze:
1 cup sugar
1 cup light brown sugar, packed
1/2 cup walnuts, chopped

Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly grease one 12 x 16-inch jellyroll baking pan, or cover pan with parchment paper sprayed with cooking spray.

In small bowl, whisk together chopped walnuts, flour and salt. In medium bowl, cream together butter, vegetable shortening and sugar. Beat in egg white and vanilla. Blend in dry ingredients.

Place dough in prepared pan, cover with plastic wrap and roll out to fill pan evenly. Bake until lightly browned on the edges, about 15 minutes.

Remove from oven; do not turn off oven. Let sugar cookie pan cool 5 minutes; cut into 1 x 2-inch bars. Let cool 5 minutes more.

While cookies are cooling, prepare glaze by melting butter in small saucepan over low heat. Stir in brown sugar, bring mixture to a boil and boil 2 minutes. Remove from heat; stir in walnuts.

Pour glaze over sugar cookie sheet, spreading to cover well. Return sugar cookie sheet to oven. Bake 8 minutes more. While still hot, recut cookies. Let cool completely in pan.

Makes 8 dozen bars.

Nutritional Information, Per Serving: 75 calories; 5 g fat; 2 g saturated fat