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Recipe: Spanish Bar Cookies with Lemon Glaze (raisin-spice bars, 1980's)

Desserts - Cookies, Brownies, Bars
SPANISH BAR COOKIES

1 cup margarine
3/4 cup sugar
1 cup dark raisins
1 cup water
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/4 cup molasses
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
Lemon Glaze (recipe follows)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour a 10x15-inch cookie sheet (with sides) or jelly roll pan.

In saucepan, combine margarine, sugar, raisins, 1 cup water, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, molasses and salt. Gently boil for 3 minutes. Remove from heat and cool well.

Sift flour, baking soda and baking powder together. Add to cooled mixture, mixing with wooden spoon. Turn into prepared pan, spreading evenly to corners. Run a knife or spatula through cake several times in both directions to release air bubbles.

Bake at 350 degrees for 20 to 25 minutes, until toothpick comes out clean. Cool for 5 minutes and then top with Lemon Glaze.

LEMON GLAZE

1 1/4 cups sifted powdered sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon lemon extract
1 to 2 tablespoons hot milk

Combining powdered sugar, vanilla, lemon extract and milk.

Makes 2 to 3 dozen cookies
From: Sharie Anderson (Mrs. Edwin)
Source: With Great Gusto by The Junior League of Youngstown, Ohio, 1987
MsgID: 0110293
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