Sometimes a certain recipe just reminds you of home. For me, it’s my great-grandma’s Old-Fashioned Gumdrop Bars.
Old-Fashioned Gumdrop Bars
From what I hear, my great-grandmother was a wonderful cook and made everything from scratch. I feel lucky that someone made her write this recipe for her gumdrop bars down!
I thought gumdrop barswere a common recipe until I found out that most people had never had them before. These are one of my favorites so I’m excited to share them with you!
Old-Fashioned Gumdrop Bars Recipe
Ingredients:
- 1/2 C butter
- 2 C brown sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 2 C flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 C cut-up gumdrops (NOT spice drops or DOTS candies! And remove all of the black ones. They are yucky!) Gumdrops can be tricky to find sometimes. Our grocery store is hit ormiss. You canbuy gumdrops on Amazon.
- Combine butter and brown sugar in a sauce pan. Cook until bubbly, stirring constantly. Once bubbly, cool to lukewarm and pour into a mixer.
- Add eggs and vanilla. Mix until smooth.
- In a separate bowl, mix flour, baking powder, and salt. Cut gumdrops into halves or fourths ad add a little at a time to the flour mixture, coating on all sides so they don’t stick together.
- Add flour mixture to the mixer and combine all ingredients together.
- Pour batter into a greased 9X13 pan.
- Bake at 350° for 20-25 minutes. Sprinkle with powdered sugar.
Old-Fashioned Gumdrop Bars
Author: Kara
Ingredients
- 1/2 C butter
- 2 C brown sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 2 C flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 C. cut up gumdrops (NOT spice drops!)
Instructions
- Combine butter and brown sugar in a sauce pan. Cook until bubbly, stirring constantly. Once bubbly, cool to lukewarm and pour into a mixer.
- Add eggs and vanilla. Mix until smooth.
- In a seperate bowl mix flour, baking powder, and salt. Cut gumdrops into halves or fourths and add a little at a time to the flour mixture, coating on all sides so they don’t stck together.
- Add flour mixture to the mixer and combine all ingredients together.
- Pour batter into a greased 9X13 pan.
- Bake at 350 for 20-25 minutes. Sprinkle with powdered sugar.
Old Fashioned Gum Drop Bars Printable Recipe
Old-Fashioned Gumdrop Bars
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Ingredients
- 1/2 C Butter
- 2 C Brown Sugar
- 2 Eggs
- 1 tsp Vanilla
- 2 C Flour
- 2 tsp Baking Powder
- 1/4 tsp Salt
- 1 C cut-up gumdrops(NOT spice drops orDOTS candies! And remove all of the black ones. They are yucky!) Gumdrops can be tricky to find sometimes.
Instructions
Combine butter and brown sugar in a sauce pan. Cook until bubbly, stirring constantly. Once bubbly, cool to lukewarm and pour into a mixer.
Add eggs and vanilla. Mix until smooth.
In a seperate bowl mix flour, baking powder, and salt. Cut gumdrops into halves or fourths and add a little at a time to the flour mixture, coating on all sides so they don’t stick together.
Add flour mixture to the mixer and combine all ingredients together.
Pour batter into a greased 9 x 13 pan.
Bake at 350 for 20-25 minutes. Sprinkle with powdered sugar.
Do you have a family recipe that makes you nostalgic?
I hope you love these Gumdrop bars! If you love old-fashioned recipes here are a few more of my favorites:
Old-Fashioned Lemon Bars
Old-Fashioned Sugar Cookies
Chocolate Marshmallow Brownies
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Comments
- Collette says
Kara, I’m a little teary, after reading what you said about your great grandma, my sweet Grandma Larsen. She was an excellent cook. And yes, she made everything, with love, from scratch. It was at her house I had my first corn dog, made from scratch. I have fond memories of being the in her kitchen, playing in the flour drawer, as she baked. I remember her yummy gumdrop bars; my mom made them, also. Thank you for sharing this recipe and the memories. Although I have no boys of my own at home anymore, I always enjoy reading your blog.?
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- Kara says
I wish I could have met her! I loved growing up in their home and wondering what it would have been like to know her. These are one of my favorite treats to make because they remind me of home and my Grandma Larsen who made them often. I miss her everyday!
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I am so happy to have found you at the Thoughts of Home on Thursday link party. I have loved gumdrops all of my life (I like Dots, too!), and these look so yummy. Pinning!
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- Nicole says
I had never heard of gumdrop bars until your recipe. This vintage recipe looks like a delicious one. Pinning so I can try it out one day at home.
Thanks for sharing your blog post at the #HomeMattersParty this week. Hope to see you again when the party opens on Friday at midnight EST!Reply
- Courtney says
Oh my goodness, my great-aunt used to make these. You’ve brought me way back! 🙂
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- Michelle says
Have this recipe from the 1950’s, an elderly neighbor gave it to my mother, I shall have to look to see if the actual recipe is the same but I had to chuckle at not the spice ones. We actually use the spice gum drops in our family recipe.
Big favorite of our holiday baking.Reply
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