Cherry Nanaimo Bars
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Cooking:
30 min.
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Servings per container:
36
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Ingredients for - Cherry Nanaimo Bars

1. Butter - ½ cup
2. White sugar - ¼ cup
3. Unsweetened cocoa powder - ⅓ cup
4. Egg, lightly beaten - 1
5. Graham cracker crumbs - 1 ¾ cups
6. Shredded coconut - ½ cup
7. Finely chopped walnuts - ⅓ cup
8. Butter, softened - ¼ cup
9. Confectioners' sugar - 2 cups
10. Maraschino cherry juice - 2 tablespoons
11. Almond extract - 1 teaspoon
12. Chopped maraschino cherries, well drained - ⅓ cup
13. Butter - 1 tablespoon
14. Semisweet chocolate chips - ⅓ cup

How to cook deliciously - Cherry Nanaimo Bars

1. Stage

Heat 1/2 cup butter, white sugar, and cocoa powder in a saucepan over medium heat; cook and stir just until butter melts, about 2 minutes. Remove saucepan from heat; stir in beaten egg. Return pan to stove; cook and stir until cocoa mixture thickens slightly, about 3 minutes. Remove saucepan from heat.

2. Stage

Stir graham cracker crumbs, coconut, and walnuts into cocoa mixture. Press mixture firmly into an ungreased 9x9-inch baking pan.

3. Stage

Beat 1/4 cup butter, confectioners' sugar, cherry juice, and almond extract in a bowl with an electric mixer until smooth; stir in cherries. Drop cherry mixture by spoonfuls over base layer, then spread evenly. Let cherry mixture layer stand until slightly firm, about 10 minutes. Using your hand, pat cherry mixture layer to smooth.

4. Stage

Melt 1 tablespoon butter in a small saucepan over low heat; stir in chocolate chips. Cook and stir mixture until melted and smooth, about 3 minutes. Pour chocolate mixture over middle layer. Working quickly, smooth chocolate with the back of a spoon. Chill before cutting into bars, about 30 minutes.