Cinnamon Bar Cookies Mix in a Jar recipe

1 cup granulated sugar
2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
1 1/2 tablespoons ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 cups chopped walnuts

Use a 1-quart wide mouth jar.

Mix the sugar, flour, cinnamon and salt together and pour into the jar. Place the nuts in a resealable bag and place on top of mix. Seal, decorate and attach a gift tag with the following instructions:

Cinnamon Bar Cookies

1 cup (2 sticks) butter
1 egg, yolk separated from white

Heat oven to 325 degrees F. Grease and flour a 15 x 10 x1-inch jellyroll pan.

Beat the butter and egg yolk together.

Remove the bag of nuts from the jar and set aside.

Add remaining jar ingredients to the butter mixture and mix well. Press the batter into the prepared pan.

Beat the egg white until foamy and spread sparingly over top of the batter. Sprinkle the nuts on top and press into the batter slightly.

Bake for 30 minutes. Cut into bars.

Makes 48.