Nutty Eggnog Bars

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups sugar
• 2/3 cup butter
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1 cup chopped macadamia nuts
• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 -2 tablespoon eggnog

Recipe

• 1 line a 13x9 pan with foil, then grease the foil.
• 2 in a medium saucepan, over medium heat, cook sugar and butter, stirring, until butter is melted. remove from heat and cool slightly.
• 3 stir eggs and vanilla into sugar mixture.
• 4 add flour, baking powder, and nutmeg; stir to combine. stir in nuts.
• 5 spread the dough in the prepared pan. bake at 350°f for 25-30 minutes or until edges begin to pull away from the pan.
• 6 cool in the pan on a wire rack. cut into bars or diamond shapes when cool.
• 7 in a small bowl combine powdered sugar, vanilla and 1 tablespoon of eggnog. add additional eggnog, 1 teaspoon at a time, if necessary to make the glaze a piping consistency. pipe icing over bars.