M & m chocolate orange jewels

30 bars

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
⅔ cup Butter Flavor Crisco
¾ cup Light Brown Sugar, firmly
Packed
1 large Egg
¼ cup Orange Juice
1 tablespoon Orange Rind, grated
2¼ cup All Purpose Flour
1 cup Powdered Sugar
½ teaspoon Baking Powder
½ teaspoon Baking Soda
½ teaspoon Salt
1 cup Pecans, coarsely chopped
12 ounces M&M's Semi-sweet Chocolate
Mini Baking Bits, Red&Green
⅓ cup Orange Marmalade
1½ tablespoon Warm Water

Directions

VANILLA GLAZE

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a large bowl with electric mixer, cream Crisco and sugar until light and fluffy. Add egg, orange juice and orange rind, blending well. Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt; blend well into creamed mixture. By hand, stir in pecans and M&M's Baking Bits. Reserve 1 cup of dough; spread remainging dough into ungreased 13 x 9-inch baking dish. Spread marmalade over top of dough within ½-inch of the edges. Drop reserved dough by teaspoonfuls randomly over marmalade. Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until light golden brown. DO NOT OVERBAKE! Cool completely; drizzle with vanilla glaze. Cut into bars. Store in tightly covered container. To make glaze: Blend powdered sugar with 1 to 1½ Tablespoons of warm water until desired consistency. place glaze in small plastic sandwich bag. Cut tiny opening at 1 corner (not more than ⅛ inch); close top of bag securely. Squeeze bag to drizzle glaze over cookies.

Typed & Posted by Anne Marie Chiappetta 10/15/95.

Submitted By ANNE MARIE CHIAPPETTA On 10-15-95

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