Christmas Fruitcake Bars

Name: Christmas Fruitcake Bars
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 2 dozen.
Ingredients: 1/4 cup butter, softened; 1 cup sugar; 2 large eggs; 1-1/4 cups biscuit/baking mix; 1-1/4 cups chopped mixed candied fruit; 1 cup chopped pecans; 1/2 cup flaked coconut; Confectioners' sugar

I have baked this cookie every Christmas for at least 25 years. I've had the recipe for so long, I don't even remember where it came from! —Jeaune Hadl, Lexington, Kentucky

Ingredients

1/4 cup butter, softened
1 cup sugar
2 large eggs
1-1/4 cups biscuit/baking mix
1-1/4 cups chopped mixed candied fruit
1 cup chopped pecans
1/2 cup flaked coconut
Confectioners' sugar

Directions

Preheat oven to 350°. Beat butter, sugar and eggs until fluffy. Add biscuit mix. Stir in candied fruit, pecans and coconut.
Spoon into a greased 13x9-in. baking pan. Bake until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, 25-30 minutes. Remove to a wire rack to cool. Dust with confectioners' sugar.

Originally published as Christmas Fruit Bars in Taste of Home Christmas Annual 2017