Singing

Those who wish to sing always find a song.  Proverb


December is flying along, my computer has been out of order and the tree is almost all trimmed.  The Christmas tree is one of my favorite things and I see that I now have enough ornaments for two trees!  All meaningful ornaments.  All bearing memories. What to do!  Another quirk in my computer is that I can not yet load pictures onto it, so I will wait, but I just wanted to write something today.  Needed to write.  A need.  Yesterday, I made a Frosted Chicken Salad  and some Cranberry Bars for the Christmas Tea at The Center.  I had a few crumbs of the bars left at home and I can not stop eating them.  I think I will give you that recipe, but no picture yet.

Bella Fiori Cranberry Bars

Cream:
1-1/2 cups sugar
2 sticks butter, softened
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla

Add:
1-1/2 cups flour
1 cup chopped walnuts

Fold in:
2 cups of fresh whole cranberries

Spread in a 9x13 pan
Bake at 350* for 1 hour

I found that letting them cool a little before cutting is a good thing.  And first loosen around the edge of the pan; then cool some more before cutting into little bars.  Little dainty bars are nice.  First one may be hard to get out, but continue loosening from the bottom with a pancake turner.  I did sprinkle them with a little powdered sugar and they look so pretty and taste heavenly. 

Thanks to my favorite flower shop in New Lenox, "Bella Fiori".