Easy Gingerbread Bars

Easy Gingerbread Bars
1-1/4 cups sugar
1 cup  butter, softened
1 egg
3 tbsp. molasses
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp. baking soda
2 tsp. ground cinnamon
2 tsp. ground ginger
1 tsp. nutmeg
1/4 tsp. cloves
3 tbsp. decorator or granulated sugar

Heat oven to 350. Combine first four ingredients in a large bowl. Beat at medium speed until creamy. Add remaining ingredients. Reduce speed to low. Beat until well mixed.

Press dough into ungreased 15x10x1 jelly-roll pan. Sprinkle with decorator sugar. Bake for 16-20 minutes or until lightly browned around edges. Cool completely. Cut into desired shapes with cookie cutter or cut into bars. Makes 48 bars.

*I think it's a good idea to glaze the bars while still warm with a maple glaze, or if you're a fan of hypoglycemic comas, you can frost it with the Penuche Frosting listed above. Gaaaaahhhh!