Recipe: Cherry Almond Nanaimo Bars

Title: Cherry Almond Nanaimo Bars
Categories: Canadian, Bars, Candy
Servings: 1

------------------------------------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