Cookie Fondue

Use your favorite sugar cookie recipe and add sprinkles to it. Bake them as bars in a pan, instead of as cookies on a cookie sheet. When they are cool, cut them into bite-size squares and dip in chocolate. I also like a variety of fruit for chocolate fondue, but I didn't get a picture the last time we had fondue.

A few days ago, we took fondue to a friend's house. They have four sweet little kids, and it was a crazy fun circus of "whose stick is this?" and "I found a potato; who wants it?" It wasn't the relaxing romantic dinner most people associate with fondue, but it was SO much fun! Anyway, we use chicken broth in the fondue pot, and we had potatoes, carrots, mushrooms, onions, broccoli, chicken, and beef for our main course. And our dessert is pictured above.

Here's the recipe I like for sugar cookie bars:

Ingredients:
2 3/4 cups white flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 cup butter (2 sticks) at room temperature
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/4 cup sprinkles

Sift the dry ingredients together. Cream the butter and sugar until fluffy, then add the egg and beat until thoroughly combined. Add the vanilla, then the dry ingredients and the sprinkles. Mix thoroughly and spread into a greased 8 x 8 pan. Bake at 350 about 35 minutes. Let cool completely before cutting into bite-size squares.