Cinnamon Coffee Bars

Submitted by PalatablePastime

"This coffee bar is not one you visit to have a latte."

 

• Ready In: 30mins
• Ingredients: 16
• Yields: 15 bars

ingredients

• For the Bars

• 1 cup packed brown sugar
• 1⁄3 cup butter or 1/3 cup margarine, softened
• 1 egg
• 1⁄2 cup water
• 1 1⁄2 tablespoons instant coffee (dry)
• 1 1⁄2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1⁄2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1⁄2 cup raisins
• 1⁄4 cup chopped nuts

• For the Glaze

• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 1⁄8 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1⁄4 teaspoon vanilla
• 4 -5 teaspoons strong coffee

directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
2. Grease a 13 x 9 x 2 inch baking pan; set aside.
3. In a large mixing bowl, beat together brown sugar, butter, and egg until blended.
4. Mix together instant coffee with water until dissolved; stir into mixture in bowl.
5. Sift together flour, baking powder, cinnamon, salt, and baking soda.
6. Stir into bowl a little at a time, stirring, until batter is smooth.
7. Fold in raisins and nuts.
8. Spread batter in prepared baking pan and bake in preheated oven for 20-22 minutes or until top springs back when touched in center.
9. Meanwhile, prepare glaze: mix powdered sugar, cinnamon, vanilla, in a small bowl, adding enough coffee to make a glaze of pouring consistency.
10. When bars are removed from oven, drizzle them with glaze while warm, and allow to cool before cutting into serving pieces.

Reviews

[Swan Valley Tammi]

I have basically this same recipe and we love these! Mine calls for 1/3 c. hot strong brewed coffee in the cake recipe as well as 1 c. semi-sweet chocolate chips instead of the raisins (which I definitely prefer!). It also increases the nuts to a 1/2 c. and omits the coffee from the icing -- but I think I'll give that a try. Mmmm, coffee-flavoured icing!! Thanks for posting!