Cherry almond nanaimo bars
Yield: 1 servings ---
Ingredients:
- 1/2 c Butter 1 Egg; beaten
- 1/4 c Sugar 1 c Coconut desiccated
- 1/3 c Cocoa 1 3/4 c Graham wafer crumbs
- 1 ts Vanilla 1/2 c Almonds; chopped ----------------------------------FILLING----------------------------------
- 1/4 c Butter; softened 2 c Icing sugar
- 1 tb Cherry juice 1/3 c Maraschino cherries; chopped ------------------------------------TOP------------------------------------
- 2 oz Semisweet chocolate 1 tb Butter
Instructions:
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
