Christmas Fruit Bars

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 20
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup icing sugar
• 1/4 cup melted butter
• 3/4 cup flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup chopped walnuts
• 1 cup chopped dates
• 3/4 cup mixed candied fruit
• 1/4 cup softened butter
• 1 cup icing sugar

Recipe

• 1 in a large bowl and using electric mixer beat eggs with 1c icing sugar until light and fluffy.
• 2 stir in 1/4c melted butter.
• 3 whisk together flour, baking powder and salt and stir into egg mixture.
• 4 stir in walnuts, dates and candied fruit.
• 5 spread in greased 8" square cake pan.
• 6 bake in centre of 350 oven for 30-35 minutes or until top is golden and firm to the touch.
• 7 let cool in pan on rack.
• 8 to make the icing:in bowl beat 1/4c butter until light.
• 9 gradually add 1c icing sugar until fluffy.
• 10 spread over top of cooled bars.