Cookie Recipes

Cherry Eggnog Bars

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Yield: 48

Ingredients

  • 2/3 cup butter
  • 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 2/3 cup milk
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract or 1/4 teaspoon rum flavoring
  • 1 (10 ounce) jar maraschino cherries, drained and chopped
  • 1/2 cup chopped pecans
  • 3/4 cup sifted confectioners' sugar
  • 3 to 4 teaspoons milk

Instructions

  1. Beat butter with an electric mixer on medium to high speed 30 seconds.
  2. Add 1 cup of the flour, the sugar, 2/3 cup milk, eggs, baking powder, nutmeg, salt and vanilla extract or rum flavoring. Beat 1 minute at medium speed. Beat in remaining flour at low speed.
  3. Stir in cherries and pecans.
  4. Spread in a greased 15 x 10 x 1 inch baking pan.
  5. Bake at 350 degrees F about 25 minutes.
  6. Cool pan on a wire rack.
  7. Combine confectioners' sugar and enough of the 3 to 4 teaspoons milk to make of drizzling consistency. Drizzle over cookies.
  8. Cut into bars.


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