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Bars - Squares - Filled

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This recipe is one of those easy pleasers and perfect in fall. It impresses everyone and stays fresh-looking and tasting for days. I make it with apples and cranberries as well as sometimes, adding a few raisins to the apple filling.

Bake these in a jellyroll pan. Semi-freeze and then cut into heart shapes with a heart cookie cutter. Roll in cocoa, or confectioners’ sugar or enrobe in melted chocolate or pretty-in-pink fondant and sprinkles. Serve in a muffin cup liner as pastries or as a gift. Brownie ‘trimmings’ won’t go to waste.
No trademark or brand name references here but I think you get the reference –these are homemade, oaty bars similar to those you find in the supermarket. Jam filled, cake-mix and oatmeal based, these whip up in seconds (!) and yield a nice batch of wrap and take ‘em-to-go-bars which are ideal to eat on your commute, pack into a brown bag lunch or tuck into at recess. A great, easy, autumn recipe for back (sigh) to school and yup, a great recipe for your next bakesale.  

A zap of double strength brewed tea and lemon is a baker’s rendition of a summer cooler. It is also just the perk for Indian summer. This is a big, bold lemon bar, infused with concentrated black tea. It is finished with a drizzle of lemon-scented, melted white chocolate.

You know those canisters of macaroons that no one eats? (ahem). This recipe puts them to good use. You can always make homemade macaroons and use half of them to serve and half of them in this recipe. A luscious chocolate brownie that tastes like a Passover-correct "Mounds" bar. Make sure, if you use margarine, that it is neither salted nor whipped style. I buy new pans from the dollar store each year to make all my bars and I freeze.
Dried mango, similar to dried apricots, are the filling to these delightful bars.
Much like date squares, but more upbeat and not as ‘dated’ J. I get my dried mango from Costco, but bulk food stores, health food stores, and Asian food markets also stock them.

You can find this lovely, moist and crack-topped brownie recipe, with this name, almost everywhere. It is, like Kate was, a legend – or an urban legend, at least.  It is also the typical, quintessential American brownie recipe. It is Hepburn who made it special. Most of the recipes with this name are exactly the same but some, include in the directives, the phrase stir like made which is pure Kate. As I fan, I would never disagree with the Great K, but as a baker, I caution you – never, ever, stir a brownie batter like mad! Not necessary. These are easy and just the thing to make if you are in for the night, and having a Katherine Hepburn film fest chez vous. Kate remembered, indeed.

A layered gourmet brownie mix is the next best thing to home-baking. Doll a jar of this mix in a pretty rattan basket, along with a new brownie baking pan for a complete gift. Just use a great quality pure cocoa.

A lazy baker can have a brainstorm of an idea. Rugulah are amazing but rolling each wedge up individually can take time. Why not make a Rugulah Bar instead? This recipe is totally easy and just another route to rugulah that still spells success. Instead of rolling crescents, this special recipe creates a rugulah lasagna. Never mind, just try it! Perfect as a Hanukkah gift.

From "A Treasury of Jewish Holiday Baking"
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