I love food

[Staph]

1. Then let me pass along one of my family's favorite recipes.

We call it Jeanne (pronounced Jean-ie) Law cookies, because Jeanne Law created the recipe back in the early 1960s for the West Virginia Black Walnut Festival. However, the Staph family makes it with pecans, 'cause none of us like black walnuts!

Jeanne Law Cookies

Bottom layer:
1/2 cup soft butter
1 cup sifted flour
1/4 cup light brown sugar, firmly packed

Press firmly into greased 9-inch square pan. Bake in oven at 350º for 15 minutes.

Top layer:
1 cup light brown sugar, firmly packed
2 tbls. flour
1/4 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt

Mix well. Add remaining ingredients:

2 eggs, slight beaten
1 1/2 tsp vanilla
1 cup chopped pecans (or black walnuts in the original recipe!)

Blend. Spread evenly over baked bottom layer. Bake in oven at 350º for 25 minutes. Cool. Frost.


Frosting:
1 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar
2 tbls melted butter
2 tbls frozen orange concentrate
2 tsp lemon juice

Combine and blend until smooth. Frost.