Orange Spice Bars

By jolofson

Ingredients

• Glaze:
• 2/3 cup butter or Crisco
• 1 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 2 beaten eggs
• 2 tablespoons orange juice
• 1 teaspoon grated orange peel
• 2 cups flour
• 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon soda
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon cloves
• 1 cup chopped walnuts
• 2 cups powder sugar
• 2 teaspoon orange peel
• 2-3 tablespoons orange juice
• coconut

Details

Servings 75

Preparation

Step 1

Cream butter (or Crisco) and brown sugar. Add eggs, orange juice and peel. Sift dry ingredients and add to mixture. Stir well. Add nuts, if desired.

Spread into bar pans. Bake at 350 20-25 minutes. Cool for 15 minutes.

Mix glaze while cookies are cooling. Spread on top of cookies. Sprinkle with couple tablespoons coconut.

Cut into 1 1/2" diagonals