Title: Fruit Coctail Bars
Categories: Cookie Dessert
Yield: 8 Servings

8	oz	Fruit Cocktail; (1 Can)
1/4	c	Butter Or Margarine;Softened
1/3	c	Sugar
1		Egg; Large
1/4	ts	Vanilla
1 1/4	c	Flour; Unbleached
1/4	ts	Baking Powder
1/4	ts	Baking Soda
1	tb	Maraschino Cherry Juice
1/2	c	Coconut; Flaked
1/4	c	Maraschino Cherries; Chopped

Drain fruit; reserve 1/3 cup of syrup. Chop fruit; set aside. Cream butter and sugar; beat in egg and vanilla. Stir flour with baking powder, soda and 1/4 t salt. Mis reserved syrup with cherry syrup. Add flour mixture alternately with syrups to creamed mixture; mix well. Stir in fruit, coconut, and cherries. Spread in greased 9 X 9 X 2-inch baking pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 to 35 minutes. Cool. If desired, sift powdered sugar over top and cut into bars.

Makes 24 bars.

From: Better Homes And Gardens Homemade Cookies Cookbook. Typos by Rich Harper

From: Robert Miles Date: 08-23-98 (09:54) Doc's Place Bbs Online. (393) Home_cooki

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