Snickerdoodle Bars – Secret Recipe Club (August 2016)

#Secret Recipe Club

This month I was selected to peruse Julie’s blog – Little Bit of Everything.  Julie is from Nebraska.  She has an impressive collection of over 100 cookbooks!  She has also written a cooking bucket list of 50 recipes she would like to try to cook or bake.

I enjoyed looking through her blog in order to find something to cook.

As always, I’m going to highlight 5 recipes with links that caught my attention before I share the recipe I decided to make this month.

1. Pineapple Upside Down Freezer Jam – This recipe sounded so delicious!  We love our jams and jellies around here.
2. Watermelon, Basil, Feta Salad – When my friend came to visit a week and a half ago, I had a delicious salad at the one of the restaurants where we had dinner.  Molly and I both enjoyed the salad.  I’m glad to find this recipe.
3. Baby Carrots with Dill Butter – Hubby only likes cooked carrots.  This is another version of cooked carrots that he might enjoy having as a side dish.
4. Pumpkin Cream Cheese Bread – Sound delicious!
5. Pumpkin Spice Latte Cake – Yummy!

This month’s recipe

So what did I decide to make this month?  I decided to make Snickerdoodle Bars.  My boys love when I make snickerdoodles for Christmas.  So I thought this would be a great recipe that the boys would enjoy as a dessert for the week.

You could also make this recipe, cut into bars, and then freeze those bars for later.

Snickerdoodle Bars

Stars of the recipe:

Bars:

• 2 & 1/3 c. all purpose or white whole wheat flour
• 1 & 1/4 tsp. baking powder
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 3/4 c. butter, softened (1 & 1/2 sticks)
• 1 & 1/4 c. granulated sugar
• 1/2 c. packed light brown sugar
• 3 eggs
• 1 tsp. vanilla extract

Cinnamon Filling:

• 1 Tbsp. granulated sugar
• 1 Tbsp. cinnamon

Glaze:

• 1 c. powdered sugar
• 1 – 2 Tbsp. milk
• 1/4 tsp. vanilla extract

Steps:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.  Spray or grease a 9 by 13 pan with cooking spray.
2. In a medium mixing bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, and salt.  Set aside.
3.  Using either an electric mixer or a handheld mixer, beat the butter until creamy.
4. Add the granulated and brown sugar.  Beat until combined.
5. Add the eggs and vanilla extract.  Beat until combined.
6. Add the dry ingredients.  Beat on low until combined.
7. Spoon half the batter into the pan.  Spread evenly.
8. Sprinkle cinnamon filling evenly over batter.
9. Drop Tbsps. of remaining batter over the cinnamon filling.
10. Bake 20-25 minutes or until golden brown and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
11. Allow to cool completely.
12. In a small mixing bowl, stir glaze ingredients until smooth and thin.
13. Drizzle over bars.
14. Cut into bars.
15. Enjoy!

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I hope you have a great day.  Thanks for reading my blog post.  

Happy eating,
Traci