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Title: Cherry Almond Nanaimo Bars
Categories: Canadian Cookie Candy
Yield: 1 Servings
| BASE | ||
| 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 |
| FILLING | ||
| 1/4 | c | Butter; softened |
| 1 | tb | Cherry juice |
| 2 | c | Icing sugar |
| 1/3 | c | Maraschino cherries; chopped |
| TOP | ||
| 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
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