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.