Bourbon and Maple Bars

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Title: Bourbon and Maple Bars
Categories: Cookies
Yield: 24 servings

Batter:
1 c Unbleached all-purpose flour
1 ts Baking powder
1 c Unsalted butter; softened
1 c Light brown sugar; packed
2 lg Eggs
1 ts Vanilla extract
1 c Maple syrup
2 tb Bourbon
1 c Pecans or walnuts; chopped
Glaze:
1 c Confectioners' sugar
2 tb Maple sugar
2 tb Bourbon

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly butter a
13 x 9 inch baking pan.
2. To make the Batter: Sift together the flour and bakng powder; set
aside. In a large bowl, cream the butter and brown sugar with an electric
mixer until light. Gradually beat in the eggs and vanilla until blended.
Combine the maple syrup and bourbon; add in a slow, steady stream, beating
gently untl blended.
3. Stir in the flour mixture until blended. Add the pecans or walnuts;
stir to blend.
4. Spread the batter in the prepared pan. Bake for 35 minutes, or
until the edges begin to pull away from the sides of the pan. Cool on a
wire rack, and glaze the bars while still warm.

5. To make the Glaze: Shift the ocnfectioners' sugar into a small
bowl. In a separate bowl, stir together the maple syrup and bourbon. Add
the liquids to the confectioners' sugar, stirring until smooth. Drizzle the
glaze over the warm bar cookies, spreading it into a thin, even layer. Cool
thoroughly before cutting into bars Makes
24 bars.

Marie Simmons' Bar Cookies A to Z features the photography of Susan Marie
Anderson and is published by Chapters Publishing, Ltd., Shelburne
Vermont, 05482.

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