Corrected Harwinton Residents' Baking Contest Recipe

HARWINTON RESIDENTS’ BAKING CONTEST

Corrected Version

KATHIE’S ZUCCHINI BARS

Filling                                                          Crust          

8 cups zucchini (peeled and sliced                    4 cups flour

approx. ¼ thick)                                            ½ tsp. salt

2/3 cup lemon juice                                         2 cups sugar

1 cup sugar                                                    1 ½ cup margarine

½ tsp cinnamon                                             1 tsp cinnamon*

¼ tsp nutmeg

Start by preparing crust. Combine the first 3 ingredients in a large bowl. Then cut in margarine until crumbly. Set aside.

To make filling, cook zucchini in lemon juice and sugar* until tender (a few minutes).

Then add nutmeg & cinnamon and simmer 3 to 4 minutes longer. Add ½ cup of crust mix to thicken. Set aside to cool.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Pat ½ of crust mixture into the bottom of 11x17 jelly roll pan. Bake for 10 minutes. Pour on the cooled filling.

Add 1 tsp cinnamon to remaining crust mix and sprinkle over top. Bake at 350 for 30-40 minutes. Cool and slice into squares.

SUBMIT 3 SQUARES ON PAPER PLATE COVERED WITH PLASTIC WRAP OR ZIPLOCK BAG.

*THIS IS CORRECTION FROM THE ORIGINAL RECIPE.