Gumdrop Cookie Bars - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 tablespoon butter
2 cups brown sugar
4 eggs
1 tablespoon water
2 cups flour
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 cups gumdrops
2/3 cup nuts
orange icing
3 tablespoons orange juice
1 teaspoon grated orange rind
1 1/2 cups powdered sugar

Preparation

cream butter and sugar together. it wont look creamy because of the sugar to butter ratio.
beat eggs until light and lemon colored.
blend with water into creamed mixture.
sift dry ingredients together.
stir into sugar mixture.
fold in cut up or mini gumdrops and chopped nuts.
pour into greased 15x10x1 jelly roll pan. and spread with a spatula
bake in moderate oven 350 degrees for 22 minutes.
when cooled
frost with orange icing.
combine all ingredents.
beat til smooth.