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Coffee: Frosted Coffee Creams

Source of Recipe

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List of Ingredients

1/2 cup shortening
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 cup flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ginger
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
1/2 cup cold coffee
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 cup nuts


Recipe

Cream shortening with beater; add sugar and continue beating. Add eggs; beat until light and fluffy. Sift together flour, salt, soda, b.pwd, and spices. Add to first mixture alternately with coffee. Add vanilla and nuts. Spread 1/4 inch thick in greased shallow pans, 10 x 15 inch pan. Bake at 350ºF for 25 minutes. Frost while hot with coffee butter icing and cut into bars when cool. Makes about 30.

Coffee Butter Icing: Cream 1/2 cup butter, and add about 2 cups sifted confectioners sugar. Add alternately, 1/4 cup strong coffee and about 2 more of the sifted sugar, until mixture is spreadable. Add a dash of salt, spread on creams, and decorate with halves of nuts.