• Preheat oven to 350
• Melt 2 sticks of butter. While butter is cooling, prepare a 9x13 baking dish by lining it with parchment paper, leaving extra to hang over the sides of the dish.
  1 cup butter
• Coat parchment with cooking spray
• In medium sized mixing bowl, pour cooled, but not cold, melted butter into mixing bowl.
• Mix in sugar, eggs, and vanilla.
  1 1/2 cups sugar, 3 eggs, 1 Tablespoon vanilla
• Add flour and salt.
  2 cups all-purpose flour, 1/4 teaspoon salt
• Mix until combined.
• Pour mixture into prepared dish and spread into an even layer.
• Bake until the edges are set, but the middle is soft, approximately 25 minutes. They will be golden brown.
• Let cool. Pull bar out of pan by pulling on parchment, and flip onto large plate or cookie sheet.

Buttercream Frosting

• In large mixing bowl, mix together vegetable shortening and butter. Mix until creamy.
  1/4 cup vegetable shortening, 4 Tablespoons butter
• Alternate adding one cup confectioner's sugar, and a little of the milk until both are fully incorporated with the shortening/butter mixture.
  3 cups confectioner's sugar, 1/4 cup milk
• Add vanilla and food coloring.
  1 teaspoon vanilla, 1 tsp gel food coloring
• Mix until smooth. If frosting is too thick, add more milk, one Tablespoon at a time. If frosting is too thin, add more powder sugar, 1/4 cup at a time. Stir until desired consistency is reached.
• Frost cooled bar and top with sprinkles.
  2 Tbsp sprinkles
• Cut into squares and serve.