Recipe: Jim Jam Bars (3 layer bar cookie, buttery dough)

Hello Sky, I'm hoping that someone will have the exact recipe you're looking for, it sounds yummy! In case it doesn't show up, I thought you might want to experiment with the recipe below. You could substitute the Andes mints for the jam and leave the nuts out of the batter if your recipe didn't use them. Let us know if you try it. Happy Baking! Betsy

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JIM JAM BARS

1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup chopped walnuts
1/2 cp raspberry or strawberry jam

Cream butter. Add sugar and beat until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Gradually add flour, mixing thoroughly; stir in nuts.

Divide dough in half. Pat 1/2 of dough evenly into lightly buttered 9-inch square baking pan. Spread jam evenly over dough. Drop remaining dough by tablespoons over jam. Press lightly to form top layer of dough and cover most of the jam.

Bake in preheated oven at 325 degrees F for 1 hour. Cool on rack in pan, then cut into 6x6 inch bars.

Makes 36 bar cookies