Title: Cherry Almond Nanaimo Bars
Categories: Bar, Cookies
Yield: 1 Servings

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1/2 c Butter
1/4 c Sugar
1/3 c Cocoa
1 ts Vanilla
1 Egg; beaten
1 c Coconut; desiccated
1 3/4 c Graham wafer crumbs
1/2 c Almonds; chopped

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1/4 c Butter; softened
1 tb Cherry juice
2 c Icing sugar
1/3 c Maraschino cherries; chopped

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2 oz Semisweet chocolate
1 tb Butter

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
Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #801 by Nancy Berry on
Sep 24, 1997