Honey Spice Bars

These sweet and chewy Honey Spice Bars are a perfect sidekick to a cup of coffee or tea! Made with pure local honey, cinnamon, pecans and more!

I remember mom making these Honey Spice Bars in the Fall a lot since I was little.  She was given this recipe from an elderly lady at our church in Holdenville, Oklahoma, where my dad was preaching at the local Church of Christ at the time.  We have so many great memories of our time in Oklahoma and collected a lot of delicious recipes from the great cooks there.

Honey Spice Bars are iced with a thin layer of icing that has a very unusual ingredient - mayonnaise!  Now, before you think "yuck", just know that it works and you don't taste a mayonnaisy taste at all. The icing is poured on while the Honey Spice Bars are still hot, allowing you to easily spread a thin layer evenly over the top. Once cooled the icing forms a crust and seals in the moisture of the bars. 

Have you ever made Honey Spice Bars? I have seen an Amish recipe floating out there that uses walnuts. I don't see this recipe very often and am just wondering who out there has eaten them or made them.

More Sweet Inspiration! Try these delicious dessert recipes: 

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Honey Spice Bars

These sweet and chewy Honey Spice Bars are a perfect sidekick to a cup of coffee or tea! Made with pure local honey, cinnamon, pecans and more!

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Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: bars, cookie bars, honey

Servings: 12

Author: Jennifer Locklin

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Ingredients

• ¾ cup Wesson oil
• ½ cup honey
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 cups flour
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 egg beaten
• 1 cup chopped pecans

Icing:

• 1 cup powdered sugar
• ½ teaspoon vanilla
• 1 teaspoon miracle whip salad dressing
• 1 tablespoon water

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Instructions

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• In a large mixing bowl, combine all ingredients for bars.
• Pour into a sprayed 9x13 baking pan and bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes.
• When done, press down with a spatula to make flat; cool slightly (for about 3 minutes).
• Whisk together icing ingredients until smooth and pour over bars. When bars are cool, slice into squares.

*Nutrition information is automatically calculated based on ingredient data and should be considered an estimate. When multiple ingredient options are provided, the first listed is used for calculation. Optional ingredients and garnishes are not included in the nutrition analysis.