1989 3rd Place Cinnamon Toffee Bars

Title:
1989 3rd Place Cinnamon Toffee Bars

Yield:
48 Servings

Categories:
Cookies,
Holiday




Ingredients:





     1 c  Unsalted butter, softened


     1 c  Packed brown sugar


     1    Egg


     1 ts Vanilla


     2 tb Ground cinnamon


   1/2 ts Salt


     2 c  All-purpose flour


     1    Egg white, beaten





----------------------------------STREUSEL----------------------------------


     6 tb Butter, cold


   3/4 c  All-purpose flour


   3/4 c  Sugar


          Colored sugar for garnish





 Preparation time: 15 minutes Baking time: 20 to 25 minutes


 


  1. Heat oven to 375 degrees. Grease 15- by 10-inch jelly-roll pan. Cream


 butter, sugar, egg and vanilla in mixing bowl. Stir in cinnamon and salt.


 Add flour, a little at a time. Blend well. Press into pan to 1/4 -inch


 thickness with wax paper.


 


  2. Brush beaten egg white over dough. Combine streusel ingredients in food


 processor. Process until butter is evenly blended. Sprinkle streusel over


 dough. Bake 20 minutes. Cool on wire rack 15 minutes. Cut into 2- by 1 1/2


 ~inch bars while still warm.


  Note: The test kitchen found that a mixture of ground spices such as


 cinnamon, allspice, ginger, cardamom and cloves also works nicely in place


 of the cinnamon, and for the holiday season, a sprinkling of colored sugar


 before baking brightens up these cookies.


  This recipe from Mary Pat Knopp of Chicago placed third in the 1989 cookie


 contest. from the Chicago Tribune second annual Food Guide Holiday Cookie


 Contest December 14, 1989


 Posted to MM-Recipes Digest V3 #340


 


 From: Linda Place 


 


 Date: Thu, 12 Dec 1996 01:07:01 +0000