Whether you call them Cinnamon Sugar Bars or Jan Hagels, these easy bar cookies are simply delicious! A perfect recipe for beginning cooks.

These Jan Hagels are one of the first recipes I ever made all by myself. I think I was probably about ten years old. They only have a few ingredients, so they are a very easy recipe. They are a great for kids who are just learning to cook. (But no one will ever guess, because they taste amazing!)

The hardest part of this recipe is patting the dough into the pan. I like to get my hands wet, then press the dough down. That works like a charm. If the dough starts sticking, just rinse your hands and start again.

To get the pretty diamond shapes, just cut diagonally from corner to corner, then cut straight rows across the pan. If you don’t have a long sharp knife, you can use a pizza cutter. You will have leftover pieces on all of the edges, perfect for hungry children or husbands.
They turn out so pretty with the cinnamon sugar and almonds on top. I love the diamond shapes, but you can of course just cut them into regular bars. They will still taste just as good!

Yield: 3 dozen

Cinnamon Sugar Almond Bars- Jan Hagels

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Simple cinnamon sugar bar cookies topped with sliced almonds.

Prep Time 5 minutes

Cook Time 18 minutes

Additional Time 1 hour

Total Time 1 hour 23 minutes

Ingredients

• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1 cup butter or margarine
• 1 egg
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 2 1/4 cups flour
• 1/8 tsp salt
• Cinnamon sugar mixture
• 1/2 cup sliced almonds

Instructions

Cream sugar and butter in a mixing bowl. Beat in egg and vanilla. Stir in flour and salt. Cover and chill for at least 1 hour. Pat dough into a 17x12" jelly roll pan. Sprinkle with cinnamon sugar, then almonds.

Bake at 350 ° for about 18 minutes. Cool slightly and cut into square or diamond shapes.

Notes

--Make sure you chill the dough, or you will make a sticky mess trying to spread it in the pan.

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