Aunt Lucy's Mud Hens
Ingredients:
1/2 cup butter
1 cup sugar
3 eggs ( reserve 2 egg whites)
1 1/2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup nuts, chopped
1 cup brown sugar
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix first 7 ingredients together. Spread very thin in a greased 9x13-inch pan. Sprinkle with chopped nuts. Beat egg whites stiff and add brown sugar. Spread over nuts and bake for 30 minutes. Cut into squares while hot. Yields 24 (2-inch) squares.