• Preheat oven to 350
• Line a square 8x8 baking pan with parchment and lightly butter.
• With an electric mixer, cream together butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
  ½ cup butter, 1 cup sugar
• Add in the egg and vanilla.
  1 egg, 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• In a separate bowl combine flour, baking powder and salt.
  2 cups all-purpose flour, 1 teaspoon baking powder, ½ teaspoon salt
• Gradually add the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients until they are all well incorporated.
• Divide the dough in half.
• Add yellow food coloring to one half of the dough and knead until the color is even throughout.
  yellow gel food coloring
• Repeat with the other half of the dough and orange food coloring.
  orange gel food coloring
• Press the yellow dough into the bottom of your prepared pan.
• Place the orange dough on a piece of parchment or wax paper and roll or press it out into an 8x8 square. Carefully place it on top of the yellow dough in the pan and gently press it into place.
• Bake for 18-22 minutes or until just set. Don’t overbake or the cookies will be dry.
• Place on a cooling rack to cool completely before frosting.

 To make the frosting

• Place butter in a mixing bowl and creamwith an electric mixer.
  ½ cup butter
• Add in vanilla and continue beating.
  ½ teaspoons vanilla extract
• Add in cream and half of the powdered sugarand mix. Add remaining powdered sugar and salt, beat until all ingredients arewell incorporated and frosting is smooth.
  3 Tablespoons heavy cream, ½ teaspoons salt, 2 ½ cups confectioner's sugar
• Spread frosting across cooled cookie bars.
• Decorate with candy corn and orange andyellow sprinkles.
  ½ cup candy corn , yellow and orange sprinkles
• Cut into 9 squares and serve!