Lekvar Bar Cookies

Ingredients

1 cup shortning

4 cups flour

4 tsp baking powder

1 tsp salt

1 cup sugar

For Filling

1 jar lekvar

1/2 cup sugar

1 cup nuts

Directions

Mix like pie crust.

Add 2 eggs beaten slightly 1/2 cup milk add 2 tsp vanilla.

Mix well. add little flour if too hard to handle. Roll in 2 parts. Bake in 11x17 sheet.

Filling

Before baking, spread top of dough with slightly beaten egg white. Sprinkle nuts (ground fine). Add sugar. Bake 350 for ~35 mins