Cherry almond nanaimo bars
1 servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| ½ | cup | Butter |
| ¼ | cup | Sugar |
| ⅓ | cup | Cocoa |
| 1 | teaspoon | Vanilla |
| ¼ | cup | Butter; softened |
| 1 | tablespoon | Cherry juice |
| 2 | ounces | Semisweet chocolate |
| 1 | Egg; beaten | |
| 1 | cup | Coconut, desiccated |
| 1¾ | cup | Graham wafer crumbs |
| ½ | cup | Almonds; chopped |
| 2 | cups | Icing sugar |
| ⅓ | cup | Maraschino cherries; chopped |
| 1 | tablespoon | Butter |
Directions
BASE
FILLING
TOP
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