Arbor House News and Views

Fall is here ready or not.  Looks like a good morning to have the first fire in the dining room fireplace to enjoy with breakfast this morning.  Yesterday I made home made apple butter to go on the hot biscuits this morning.  We are using the last of the peaches and will not see them again until next spring. But we have several varities of apples from the local Henderson Apple farms and lots of recipes to use them.
Looking forward to making these.
Apple Butter Bars.
1/2 cup butter, 1 and 1/2 cups all- purpose flour, 1/2 cup packed brown sugar, 1/4 cup white sugar,
1 egg and 3/4 cup apple butter, 1/2 t baking soda, 1/2 teaspoon apple pie spice, 1 cup raisins, 1 cup confectionser's sugar, 1/4 t vanilla extract and 2 T milk.
Directions:
Preheat over to 350 degrees. Grease a 13x9x2 inch baking pan.
Beat butter or margarine until creamy. Add half of the flour, the brown sugar ,white sugar, egg, apple
butter, baking soda  and apple pie spice. Beat together until well blended. Beat in remaining flour and stir in raisins. Spread in prepared baking pan.
Bake for 20 -25 minutes or till toothpick in center comes out clean. Cool in pan or wire rack. Drizzle with icing* . Cut into bars.
* To make icing. Mix 1 cup of confectionser's sugar, 1/4 t vanilla and 1-2 tablespoons milk.
Mix to drizzling consistency.
Enjoy.