This is a simple and quick bar. It contains raisins and nuts. Excellent with a warm coffee or even a cold glass of milk. They make a good after-school snack for my daughter. When still warm, cut into bars and drizzle with confectioners’ sugar glaze. Alternatively, let them cool and drizzle with cream cheese icing.
| Prep Time: | 15 mins |
| Cook Time: | 20 mins |
| Total Time: | 35 mins |
| Servings: | 20 |
| Yield: | 20 servings |
Ingredients
- ¼ cup shortening, softened
- 1 cup packed brown sugar
- 1 egg
- ½ cup hot coffee
- 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup raisins
- ¼ cup chopped nuts
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 13×9-inch baking dish.
- Beat shortening and brown sugar with an electric mixer in a large bowl until smooth. Blend egg into the shortening mixture. Add hot coffee and stir.
- Sift flour, baking powder, cinnamon, baking soda, and salt together in a separate bowl; stir into the shortening mixture. Fold raisins and chopped nuts into the batter; spread into the prepared baking dish.
- Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 18 to 20 minutes. Cool in the pan for 10 minutes before removing to cool completely on a wire rack.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 123 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 22 g |
| Cholesterol | 9 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 1 g |
| Protein | 2 g |
| Saturated Fat | 1 g |
| Sodium | 91 mg |
| Sugars | 14 g |
| Fat | 4 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
Not sure if it was the fact that I doubled the recipe, but mine came out with a more cakey consistency, rather than a bar cookie. They taste great, but I prefer a cookie texture.
I have just made these twice in the past six days and we love them. I only used 1/2 cup of brown sugar and used white whole wheat flour instead of all-purpose flour. I did add one teaspoon vanilla and baked them in a 9 x 9″ pan. The dense texture is wonderful. I’m glad I found your recipe Debbie Borsick. Thank you.
The end product was very dry. I was hoping they would come out with the texture of brownies/blondies, but I still think it was dry for a fruit and nut bar, which is essentially what this was (I didn’t add the raisins, but I didn’t miss them). Maybe next time I will add another egg or egg yolk. I tripled the amount of cinnamon, and it has an absolutely delightful cinnamon taste. However, I should have increased the amount of coffee I put in, as well, because the bitterness was non-existent (and I used French Roast coffee). Good start, though!