Recipe - 1989 3rd Place Cinnamon Toffee Bars

1 cup Unsalted butter, softened
1 cup Packed brown sugar
1 Egg
1 teaspoon Vanilla
2 tablespoon Ground cinnamon
One half teaspoon Salt
2 cup Allpurpose flour
1 Egg white, beaten

STREUSEL
6 tablespoon Butter, cold
Three fourths cup Allpurpose flour
Three fourths cup Sugar
Colored sugar for garnish

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

1. Heat oven to 375 degrees. Grease 15 by 10inch jellyroll 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 One fourth 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 MMRecipes Digest V3 #340

From: Linda Place placel@worldnet.att.net

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