Orange Slice Bars
By: Lea Ann
Published: Sunday, January 3, 2010 - 6:04am

Ingredients




1 pound packaged orange slice jelly candies
6 tablespoons boiling water
1/2 cup butter
2 1/4 cups sugar
4 whole eggs
2 1/2 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 cup pecans, chopped

Preparation

1 Cut orange slice candies into eights;  pour boiling water over candy slices and let stand 2 hours or overnight. 2 Cream butter and sugar; add eggs. 3 Sift dry ingredients together; add to creamed mixture. 4 Add orange slices and pecans; put into greased and floured 15 1/2 x 10 1/2 inch jelly roll pan. 5 Bake for 35-40 minutes at 325 degrees or until done. Sprinkle with powdered sugar while warm. Cut into squares when cool.

About


When’s the last time you had some of those sugary gooey orange slice jelly candies???
My mom has had this recipe for as long as I can remember. These are called Orange Slice Bars and they are goooo-ood.  Always a crowd pleaser. 
The hardest thing about this recipe is chopping up those packaged orange slice candies.  Even the sharpest of knives doesn’t work well against that taboo high fructose corn syrup.  A friend suggested that I chill or partially freeze the orange slices before chopping.  Going to try that next time.
Enjoy.