Fruit Cocktail Lunch Box Bars

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

Ingredients

• 1 (17 ounce) can fruit cocktail, well drained (reserve 2 tablespoons syrup for glaze)
• 1/2 cup butter (not spread or tub product) or 1/2 cup margarine, softened (not spread or tub product)
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/4 teaspoon lemon extract (optional)
• 1/2 teaspoon clove
• 2 eggs
• 2 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup raisins or 1/2 cup dates, chopped
• 1 cup confectioners' sugar
• syrup from fruit
• 1/2 teaspoon grated lemon rind
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice (fresh is best)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 375f and lightly grease a 13 x 9" pan.
• 2 sift dry ingredients together.
• 3 cream butter, sugar, vanilla, lemon extract and cloves; beat in eggs and sifted mixture.
• 4 fold in fruit cocktail and raisins.
• 5 turn into pan and bake for 25 to 30 minutes.
• 6 mix glaze ingredients together and brush on; cool and cut into bars.
• 7 store in pan tightly covered with aluminum foil.