Recipe - Nitas Hidden Treasures

2/3 cup Butter
1 cup Dark brown sugar; firmly
packed
1 cup Regular oats
1 One half cup Sifted all purpose flour
1 teaspoon Baking powder
One half teaspoon Salt
1 cn Condensed milk; (14ounce)
One half cup Lemon juice; (2 lemons)
1 teaspoon Lemon rind

Preheat oven to 350°F. Generously butter a 9" X l3" baking pan.

Thoroughly cream the butter and sugar together until light. Stir in the
oats blending well. Sift together the flour, baking powder and salt and mix
in until texture is evenly crumbly. Reserve half the crumb mixture and
spread the remaining half evenly over the bottom of the prepared baking pan
pressing lightly into place. Mix together the milk, lemon juice and rind
until very smooth and creamy. Spread carefully and evenly over the crumb
layer and cover the cream layer with the remaining reserved crumbs. Bake
for 2530 minutes until lightly golden in color. Remove from oven and cool
on wire rack. When completely cool cut into 48 squares.

Source: Sweets.... From Marina With Love....

Happily scanned and MC formatted, using Buster, by Pamela Creeden 5/7/98

NOTES : The following recipe was known Just as Lemon Bars until it was
discovered that our daughter Nita was secretly wrapping them in waxed paper
and hiding them in her bureau to eat unshared when she was alone! Anyone
who has lived in a large family knows how quickly Nita's Hidden Treasure
secret was exposed! However the name has become permanentand here is
Nita's favorite cookie. Do be sure to make enough to share!
Recipe by: The Best of the Best From Texas, p.261

Posted to MCRecipe Digest by "Pamela Creeden" creedenites@sprintmail.com
on May 7, 1998