Title: Charmin' Cherry Bars
Categories: Cookie Dessert
Yield: 1 Servings

1	c	Pillsbury's best all-purpose flour*, sifted
1/4	c	Confectioners' sugar
1/2	c	Butter
1/4	c	Pillsbury's best all-purpose flour*
3/4	c	Sugar
1/2	ts	Double-acting baking powder
1/4	ts	Salt
2		Eggs; slightly beaten
1/2	c	Maraschino cherries; finely cut
1/2	c	Coconut
1/2	c	Funsten's walnuts; chopped

BAKE at 350 degrees for 10 minutes, then for 30 to 40 minutes. MAKES 3 dozen. Sift together the 1 cup flour with the confectioners' sugar. Cut n butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Press mixture firmly into ungreased 11 x 7 or 9 x 9 inch pan. Bake in moderate oven (350 degrees) 10 minutes. Sift together into mixing bowl 1/4 cup flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt. Add eggs. Stir in maraschino cherries, coconut, and walnuts. Spread over partially-baked mixture. Bake in moderate oven (350 degrees) 30 to 40 minutes. Cool; cut into bars. *For use with Pillsbury's Best Self-Rising Flour, omit baking powder and salt.

NOTES : "Junior Winner in Pillsbury's 3rd Grand National Recipe and Baking Contest by Deanna Thomspon, Alexandria, Minnesota. Adapted by Ann Pillsbury." Posted to MM-Recipes Digest V4 #7 by KDYJ46A JERRY GILBERT Time: 7:03 PM on Sep 21, 1997

Recipe by: Best Loved Foods of Christmas, Pillsbury, undated booklet

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