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Fruit Bars Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
1/2 Cup shortening (Grandma used Crisco but you can use butter)
1 Cup brown sugar, packed
1 egg
1/2 Cup dark Karo syrup
1/2 Cup buttermilk
2 1/2 Cups flour
1 t. Baking soda
1/2 t. Salt
1 t. Cinnamon
1/4 t. Allspice
1/4 t. Cloves
1/2 Cup raisins
1/2 Cup Coconut
1 Cup chopped nuts
Icing:
1 lb. Powdered sugar
1 t. Vanilla
Enough milk to spread (Add 1 T. at a time)
Directions:
Directions:
Mix all together and spread thinly on a greased cookie sheets with sides. (Jelly roll pan)
Bake at 350º for 20-25 minutes.
Pour icing over warm cake as soon as it's out of the oven.
Let cool before slicing into bars.
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
Our Grandma Grace made these every Christmas as did our Mom, Barbara and now Julie and Susan. (Mostly Julie!) They make a lot and they are easy to do and taste good too. Wouldn't be Christmas without them!

 

 

 

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