Title: M and M Chocolate Orange Jewels
Categories: Dessert Chocolate
Yield: 30 Bars

2/3	c	Butter Flavor Crisco
3/4	c	Light Brown Sugar, firmly
		Packed
1	lg	Egg
1/4	c	Orange Juice
1	tb	Orange Rind, grated
2 1/4	c	All Purpose Flour
1/2	ts	Baking Powder
1/2	ts	Baking Soda
1/2	ts	Salt
1	c	Pecans, coarsely chopped
12	oz	M&M's Semi-sweet Chocolate
		Mini Baking Bits, Red&Green
1/3	c	Orange Marmalade
VANILLA GLAZE
1	c	Powdered Sugar
1 1/2	tb	Warm Water

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a large bowl with electric mixer, cream Crisco and sugar until light and fluffy. Add egg, orange juice and orange rind, blending well. Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt; blend well into creamed mixture. By hand, stir in pecans and M&M's Baking Bits. Reserve 1 cup of dough; spread remainging dough into ungreased 13 x 9-inch baking dish. Spread marmalade over top of dough within 1/2-inch of the edges. Drop reserved dough by teaspoonfuls randomly over marmalade. Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until light golden brown. DO NOT OVERBAKE! Cool completely; drizzle with vanilla glaze. Cut into bars. Store in tightly covered container. To make glaze: Blend powdered sugar with 1 to 1 1/2 Tablespoons of warm water until desired consistency. place glaze in small plastic sandwich bag. Cut tiny opening at 1 corner (not more than 1/8 inch); close top of bag securely. Squeeze bag to drizzle glaze over cookies.

Typed & Posted by Anne Marie Chiappetta 10/15/95.

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