Snickerdoodle Bars - January 1, 2012

I found this recipe in my newsfeed on facebook. If you like different yummy ideas just happening across your newsfeed once in a while, "like" Betty Crocker on facebook. You'll enjoy it.

Snickerdoodle Bars

Ingredients:

2 1/3

 cups Gold Medal® all-purpose flour

1 1/4 

teaspoons baking powder

1/2

 teaspoon salt

3/4

 cup butter or margarine, softened

1 1/4

 cups granulated sugar

1/2

 cup packed brown sugar

3

 eggs

1 

teaspoon vanilla 

Cinnamon Filling:

1 

Tablespoon granulated sugar

1 

Tablespoon cinnamon 

Glaze:

1 

cup powdered sugar

1 

to 2 Tablespoons milk

1/4

 teaspoon vanilla 

1. Heat oven to 350° F. Spray or grease bottom only of a 13x9-inch baking pan with cooking spray. (I used Crisco) In small bowl, combine flour, baking powder, and salt; set aside.
2. In large bowl, beat butter with electric mixer on high speed until creamy. Beat in sugars. Gradually beat in eggs and vanilla into sugar mixture until combined. On low speed, beat in dry ingredients until combined. (I don't like to use a mixer all that much so I tend to use a fork and a little elbow grease.)
3. Spoon half the batter into pan; spread evenly. Sprinkle cinnamon-sugar mixture evenly over batter.
4. Dollop teaspoon size amounts of remaining batter evenly over cinnamon-sugar mixture.
5. Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until golden brown and toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. (I cooked it for exactly 26 minutes and it might have been just a couple minutes too long... still good though. Just a little crunchier around the edges than I would have liked.) Cool completely, about 1 hour.
6. In small bowl, stir glaze ingredients until smooth and thin enough to drizzle. Drizzle over bars. For bars, cut into 6 rows by 4 rows. ( I cut first then drizzled so all that ooey gooey glaze got deep into the sides of each bar.)

Makes 24 bars 

Husband Review:

He LOVED these. He's a big cinnamon-guy and these were right up his alley.
I say make them, make them, make them! They are delicious and so easy to make. I've eaten 2 of them and they have only been done for about, oh, 10 minutes. When I read reviews on these, one person described them as a cross between a cinnamon roll and a coffee cake. I knew I had to try it. I am so happy I did. This will be on my list of easy and quick things to make on the fly when I don't have time to run to the store and have to use ingredients on hand. I will also be eating this for breakfast... why not?! Please make this... you'll be happy you did. :)