Recipe: Bar Cookies Made With A Cake Mix

Sheila, Betsy has many such recipes in her archives. The ones shown below I retrieved by doing a search in the Cooking Club Message Board for "bar cookies".
They are not all made with cake mixes, however, some are very simple. Sheila, it sounds to me like your mother is lucky to have you! Best of luck with your search.
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* Exported from MasterCook II *
Mincemeat Bars
Recipe By :
Serving Size : 36 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Bar Cookies Bisquick

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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2 1/2 C Bisquick
1 C Sugar
1 Egg
3 Tbsp Shortening -- part butter
1/4 C Milk
1 1/2 C Mincemeat -- prepared
-----Icing-----
1/4 C Powdered Sugar
2 tbsp Warm Water -- or milk
Heat oven to 375F. Mix well all ingredients except mincemeat. Pat half
into a greased 9 x 13 pan, to within 1/2 inch of edges. Spread with
mincemeat. Pat out other half of dough on waxed paper to same size. Turn
over on mincemeat. Pull off waxed paper. Bake 30 minutes. Frost with thin
powdered sugar icing made by mixing powdered sugar and water or milk.
While warm, cut into bars.

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Vicki,La (8:32:00 pm)
Title: Raspberry Meringues
Categories: Desserts, Candies
Servings: 36
3 ea Eggs (room temp) 1/4 ts Cream of tartar
1 x Dash salt 3/4 c Sugar
1/4 c Raspberry preserves, seedles 6 x Drops red food coloring
1. Preheat oven 225. Cover cookie sheet with aluminum foil. In small
bowl, with electric hand mixer, beat egg whites, cream of tartar, and salt
until soft peaks form. Gradually add sugar, beating until very stiff peaks
form, about 10 minutes. Add preserves and food coloring and beat one
minute at highest speed of mixer.
2. Drop by teaspoonfuls, two inches
apart, onto foil lined cookie sheet. Bake for two hours. Cool completely.
Peel off foil. from: _Cookiemania_
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Vicki,La (8:32:37 pm) :
Title: Kisses
Categories: Desserts, Candies
Servings: 60
1 c Butter 1/2 c Sugar
1 ts Vanilla 2 c Flour
14 oz Hershey's kisses 1 x Confectioner's sugar
1. Cream butter and sugar, beating well. Add vanilla and flour, and mix
well. Chill dough for one hour. 2. Preheat oven to 375. Pinch off a
piece of dough. Roll into ball with palms of hands and then flatten. Dough
should not be thick. Put kiss in center. Bring dough up, shaping around
kiss to cover completely. 3. Place onto ungreased cookie sheet one inch
apart and bake for 12-15 minutes, until just starting to brown. 4. Roll in
confectioner's sugar when cool. from: _Cookiemania_
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Betsy at TKL (8:39:07 pm) :
To: Recipients of EAT-L digests (EAT-L@LISTSERV.VT.EDU)
Date: Fri, 20 Dec 1996 12:05:56 -0500
From: Cassie Seaman (cseaman@BURLCO.LIB.NJ.US)
* Exported from MasterCook II *
Chocolate-Chip Shortbread Sticks
Recipe By : Sue Fromm, Locust, NJ (Ladies' Home Journal Dec. 1996)
Serving Size : 1 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Cookies
Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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1 cup butter (no substitutions) -- softened
1/2 cup confectioner's sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup miniature chocolate chips (semisweet)
GLAZE
3/4 cup miniature chocolate chips (semisweet)
2 teaspoons vegetable shortening
1. Beat butter, sugar and vanilla in large mixer bowl at medium-high
speed until light and fluffy. With mixer on low speed, gradually beat in
flour just until blended. Stir in chips. Divide dough in half and
flatten into disks. Wrap and refrigerate 2 hours or overnight until firm.
2. Heat oven to 350 degreesF. Grease 2 large cookie sheets. On a lightly
floured smooth surface, roll rounded teaspoonfuls of dough into 2 1/2
inch-long sticks. (Keep remaining dough refrigerated.) Arrange sticks 2
inches apart on prepared cookie sheets. Freeze 10 minutes.
3. Bake 12 minutes until edges are golden. Let cookies cool on pans 2
minutes, then transfer to wire racks to cool completely. Repeat process
with remaining dough.
4. Make glaze: Melt chips in small microwaveproof bowl on high 1 to 2
minutes; stir until smooth. Stir in shortening until melted. Dip both
ends of cookies into chocolate; place on wax paper. Let stand until
chocolate is set, 30 minutes.
Makes 4 dozen.
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