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August 31, 2011
Festive Mincemeat Squares
Keepsake Cookies
Prep time:
14 minutesbaking time:
20 to 25 minutes“Our holidays wouldn't have been the same without these mincemeat squares.”
Ingredients
Serves 24
- 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
- 3 tablespoons confectioners' sugar
- 1 1/3 cups (2 2/3 sticks) butter, divided
- 1/2 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 1/2 cups rum flavored mincemeat
- 1 cup shredded coconut
- 1/2 cup dried red cherries
- 1/3 cup chopped walnuts
Directions
1
Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease a 13 x 9-inch baking pan lightly.
2
Combine flour and confectioners’ sugar in a large bowl and mix well. Cut in 1 cup butter with a pastry blender until crumbly. Pat crumb mixture over bottom of prepared baking pan. Bake for 10 minutes. Cool in the pan on a wire rack.
3
Combine remaining butter and brown sugar in a medium bowl. Beat with an electric mixer set at high speed until light and fluffy. Add eggs and beat until blended. Stir in mincemeat, coconut, cherries and walnuts.
4
Spread mincemeat mixture evenly over baked layer. Bake until golden brown, about 20 to 25 minutes. Cool in pan on a wire rack. Cut into squares.
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Grandma's Secret Trick
Grandma's Secret Trick
A little lemon glaze makes these good cookies even better, Grandma learned. She sifted 1 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar into a medium bowl, then added 2 to 3 tablespoons lemon juice and 1 teaspoon vanilla extract and stirred until smooth. She drizzled the glaze over the squares while they were still warm.
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