Cherry Almond Nanaimo Bars
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Bars
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Chocolate
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Desserts
Ingredients:
-----BASE----- 1/2
cup
Butter 1/4
cup
Sugar 1/3
cup
Cocoa 1
teaspoon
Vanilla 1
Egg,
beaten
1
cup
Coconut,
desiccated
1 3/4
cups
Graham wafer crumbs 1/2
cup
Almonds,
chopped
-----FILLING----- 1/4
cup
Butter,
softened
1
tablespoon
Cherry juice 2
cups
Icing sugar 1/3
cup
Maraschino cherries,
chopped
-----TOP----- 2
ounces
Semisweet chocolate 1
tablespoon
Butter
Directions:
BASE: Cook butter, sugar, cocoa, vanilla & egg in saucepan over low heat heat, stirring constantly until custard begins to thicken.
Remove from heat and stir in coconut, crumbs and almonds. Pat firmly into a greased 9 pan inch square pan. Chill for 1 hour.
FILLING: Cream butter, cherry juice and extract. Gradually beat in icing sugar to a make a smooth spreading consistency. Stir in cherries. Spread over base and chill until firm.
TOP: Heat chocolate and butter, stirring until smoothly melted.
Drizzle chocolate over filling. Chill. Cut into bars. YIELD: 30 BARS
SOURCE: _Tastefully Yours_, All Saint Kingsway Anglican Church, Toronto
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