Butterscotch Squares

From the Mennonite Community Cookbook, these are a quick fix when you don't have time to fiddle with making cookies.

1/4 cup Butter
1 tsp baking powder
1 cup brown sugar
1/4 tsp salt
1 egg
1/2 cup chopped nuts (or chocolate chips)
1 cup flour
1 tsp vanilla

Melt butter and blend with sugar. Add egg and beat vigorously.

Sift flour. (which we don't have to do anymore but it's kind of quaint to see it in these older cookbooks)

Measure and add baking powder and salt. Add dry ingredients to egg and sugar mixture and mix together well.

Add chopped nuts/chocolate chips and vanilla.

Spread dough in a greased pan 8x8 inches (9x9 is fine)Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.

Cut in squares or bars while warm. Makes 18 to 20 squares.

*Some recipes don't work the best if you try to double them and bake in a bigger pan. These actually work great for that. If you do double the recipe make sure you stick a toothpick in at the end of 30 minutes to make sure they're done. You'll most likely have to add on a couple of minutes.