Recipe of the evening

[patgund]

Just for seattlejo and phinnia :-)

Cherry Almond Nanaimo Bars Recipe

Serves/Makes:   30 bars

Ingredients:

***Base***
1/2 cup Butter
1/4 cup Sugar
1/3 cup Cocoa
1 teaspoon Vanilla
1 Egg -- beaten
1 cup Coconut -- desiccated
1 3/4 cup Graham wafer crumbs
1/2 cup Almonds -- chopped

***Filling***
1/4 cup Butter -- softened
1 tablespoon Cherry juice
2 cups Icing sugar
1/3 cup Maraschino cherries -- chopped

***Top***
2 ounces Semisweet chocolate
1 tablespoon Butter

Directions:
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.

Comments

[phinnia.livejournal.com]

Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm. :-D :-D