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      Title: Maple Nut Bars/pillsbury
 Categories: Cookies
      Yield: 1 servings
 
           Crust:
           Pillsbury plus yellow cake
           -mix
           = reserve 2/3 cup for
           -filling
    1/4 c  Firmly packed brown sugar
      2 tb Margarine; softened
      1    Egg
    1/4 c  Chopped nuts
           Filling:
      2    Eggs
    2/3 c  Reserved cake mix
    1/4 c  Firmly packed brown sugar
    1/2 c  Corn syrup
      3 tb Margarine; softened
    1/2 ts Maple extract
    1/2 c  Chopped nuts
 
     Heat oven to 350F.  Grease a 13x9-inch baking pan.  In a large bowl,
  combine cake mix, 1/4 cup brown sugar, 2 tablespoons margarine and egg. Mix
  at low speed until crumbly; stir in 1/4 cup nuts. Press into the bottom of
  greased pan, and bake at 350F for 8 to 10 minutes or until lightly browned.
     In a small bowl, beat 2 eggs until foamy.  Add 2/3 cup reserved cake
  mix, 1/4 cup brown sugar, corn syrup, 3 tablespoons margarine and maple
  extract.  Beat 1 minute at low speed until well-mixed. Pour over crust and
  sprinkle with 1/2 cup chopped nuts. Return to oven and bake 15 to 25
  minutes or until golden brown (center will be soft). Cool completely; cut
  into bars. Makes about 36 bars.  (No changes required for high altitudes.)
  Source Pillsbury 30th Bake-Off Cookbook (1982); recipe by Ellen Rose,
  Snohomish, WA
 
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