WALNUT SHORTBREAD BARS

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Make and share this Walnut Shortbread Bars recipe from Food.com.

Provided by michEgan

Categories Bar Cookie

Time 30m

Yield 4 1/2 dozen

Number Of Ingredients 10

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Ingredients

1 cup butter
1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup white sugar
1 egg, plus
1 egg yolk
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
2 1/2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 cup finely chopped walnuts

Steps:

preheat oven to 350 degree.
beat the butter and cream cheese till smooth.
Mix in the brown sugar, white sugar until well blended.
Add egg and the egg yolk.
mix well.
add vanilla.
Combine the dry ingredients together.
Add the dry into the creamed butter mixture.
stir in the finely chopped walnuts.
spread into a greased 15 x 10 jelly roll pan.
Bake 20 minutes or till light brown.
Cool.
You can drizzle a chocolate glaze on these or dust with powered sugar.
Cut into bars.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 1262.5, Fat 78.1, SaturatedFat 39.4, Cholesterol 252.8, Sodium 558.7, Carbohydrate 128.4, Fiber 3.6, Sugar 70.5, Protein 17.3