Gingerbread Bars With Lemon Cream Cheese Icing
Submitted by brianjwood on March 29, 2007 at 4:16 am

DESCRIPTION
Gingerbread Bars With Lemon Cream Cheese Icing

SUMMARY
Yield 0 File under Cookies Brownies Bars

INSTRUCTIONS
Gingerbread Bars With Lemon Cream Cheese Icing. From The Orlando Sentinel

Yield: 27 bars.
3/4 cup each: softened butter and sugar
1 large egg
1 tablespoon ground ginger
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
11/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup molasses
2 tablespoons water
8 ounces cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup sugar
2 tablespoons lemon juice
1 teaspoon lemon extract

1. Grease 9-by-13-by-2-inch pan. Heat oven to 350 F.
2. Whip butter with electric mixer. Beat in 3/4 cup sugar, egg, ginger and cinnamon. Mix flour, baking soda and salt. Beat into butter mixture. Stir in molasses and water. Spread in pan.
3. Beat cream cheese, 1/2 cup sugar, lemon juice and extract. Using 1/2 cup icing, spoon dollops over batter. With knife, swirl cream cheese mixture through batter with large strokes. Bake 28-30 minutes or until edges begin to pull away from sides of pan. Cool 30 minutes. Spoon remaining icing over baked ginger mixture. Cut into bars.
Nutrition information per serving
Calories131Fat7 gCarbohydrate16 g
Cholesterol28 mgSodium117 mgProtein1 g