Gumdrop Cookie Bars

Total Time: 52 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 22 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 25
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 2 cups brown sugar
• 4 eggs
• 1 tablespoon water
• 2 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 cups gumdrops
• 2/3 cup nuts
• 3 tablespoons orange juice
• 1 teaspoon grated orange rind
• 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar

Recipe

• 1 cream butter and sugar together. it wont look creamy because of the sugar to butter ratio.
• 2 beat eggs until light and lemon colored.
• 3 blend with water into creamed mixture.
• 4 sift dry ingredients together.
• 5 stir into sugar mixture.
• 6 fold in cut up or mini gumdrops and chopped nuts.
• 7 pour into greased 15x10x1 jelly roll pan. and spread with a spatula
• 8 bake in moderate oven 350 degrees for 22 minutes.
• 9 when cooled
• 10 frost with orange icing.
• 11 combine all ingredents.
• 12 beat til smooth.