Chocolate Mint Bars
This is one that my family would make every Christmas. My brothers and I could eat a pan of these in no time flat.
Bars:
2/3 cup shortening
4 squares chocolate
2 cups packed light brown sugar
3 large eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
Frosting:
2 cups confectioner’s sugar
1/4 cup (1/2 stick) softened butter
2 tablespoons milk or cream
3/4 teaspoon peppermint extract
Glaze:
2 squares unsweetened chocolate
2 tablespoons butter
Preheat oven to 350°. Grease a 9 x 13-inch baking pan. Melt the shortening and chocolate in a double boiler. Cool. Beat in the sugar, eggs and vanilla. Sift in the dry ingredients and mix well. Bake for 25-30 minutes, until a fork inserted in the bars comes out clean. Cool in the pan. Beat the frosting ingredients together until light and creamy then frost the bars. Melt the glaze ingredients in a double boiler, cool slightly then pour the glaze over the frosting. Tilt the pan to spread the glaze. Cut into bars.
Makes 24
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