1-2-3-4 Bars

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter
• 2 cups sugar
• 3 cups flour
• 4 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 teaspoon almond extract
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 (21 ounce) can pie filling
• 1 cup confectioners' sugar
• 1 tablespoon soft butter
• 1 1/2 tablespoons milk
• 1/4 teaspoon vanilla

Recipe

• 1 cream butter.
• 2 add sugar gradually, beating well.
• 3 add vanilla, almond extract and eggs, one at a time, beating well.
• 4 sift together flour, baking powder and salt.
• 5 add flour mixture to butter mixture, beat well.
• 6 grease and flour a 10" x 15" jelly roll pan.
• 7 divide dough into thirds.
• 8 roll out 2/3 of dough, place into greased and floured pan.
• 9 spread on pie filling.
• 10 roll out remaining 1/3 of dough; place on top of filling and seal, crimp or roll and flute edges.
• 11 (if you find it difficult rolling dough, it may be pressed into pan and top pressed out on waxed paper into 10" x 15" rectangle and transferred to top of filled bottom).
• 12 bake 350 degrees for 45 minutes.
• 13 mix together all glaze ingredients to make thin glaze.
• 14 drizzle over cooled squares.