gumdrop cookie bars

Ingredients For gumdrop cookie bars

• 1 1/2 c

  all-purpose flour
• 1 tsp

  baking powder
• 1/2 tsp

  salt
• 1 tsp

  ground cinnamon
• 1/8 tsp

  ground nutmeg
• 1/8 tsp

  ground mace
• 1/8 tsp

  ground cloves
• 1/2 tsp

  ground ginger
• 1/3 c

  vegetable shortening -- soft
• 1 c

  packed brown sugar
• 1 lg

  egg
• 2 tsp

  pure vanilla extract
• 1/4 c

  evaporated milk
• 1 1/2 c

  gumdrops
• 1 c

  walnuts -- chopped
• confectioner's sugar