Chocolate Chip Picnic Bars

Chocolate Chip Picnic Bars

2/3 cup Crisco Shortening
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
1 cup flour
1/2 tsp. salt
3/4 tsp. baking soda
1 cup rolled oats (quick oats) uncooked
1 pkg. (6 oz.) semi sweet chocolate chips
1/2 cup chopped nuts (optional)

Preheat oven to 350.
Beat shortening and sugars together until creamy. Beat in eggs and add vanilla. Sift together flour, salt, soda. Stir in flour mixture. Stir in oats, chocolate chips and nuts. Spread dough into a well greased 13 x 9 inch baking pan (I sprayed sides and bottom of pan with Pam original spray)
Bake for 25 minutes.
While warm sprinkle with confectioners sugar and cut into bars. Store in tightly covered container.

Graham Cookie Bars

Graham cookie bars: (not your typical bar cookie - I know you said no bars!)

24 graham crackers (approx)
2 sticks butter
1/2 c sugar
1 cup chopped walnuts
1 tsp vanilla

Grease sides and bottom of cookie sheets. place crackers on bottom.

Melt butter and add sugar to pan and boil for 2 min. Add nuts and vanilla. Spoon over crackers.

Bake 350 for 10 min or until brown. Remove from sheet at once.

 

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Zucchini Cherry Bars

Zucchini-Cherry Bars

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In large bowl mix:
2 c. sugar (I used 1 1/2 c. Splenda and 1/2 c. sugar)
4 eggs (Could probably use 2 whole eggs and 2 egg whites.)
2 c. grated zucchini
1 c. veg. oil (I used 3/4 c.)
1 tsp. cinnamon
2 c. flour
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. vanilla
1 c. marachino cherries, cut in half (reserve juice
for frosting)

Lightly spray jelly roll pan (10.5"x15". ( or I also like to line my pans with parchment paper, sprayed with Pam.)
Spread batter in pan and bake for 30 minutes or until
toothpick comes out clean.
Completely cool before frosting.

FROSTING
3oz. cream cheese
3/4 stick margarine
1 tsp. milk
1 tsp. vanilla
2 c. powdered sugar
small amt. of cherry juice for flavoring. (Do not add too much or
frosting will become too thin. Start with about 1 Tbsp.)

You can make frosting ahead of time and keep in
refrigerator if you need bars to cool overnight. A jelly roll pan
makes about 24
bars. These freeze wonderfully!

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