Charmin' cherry bars

1 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
1 cup Pillsbury's Best All-Purpose Flour*, sifted
¼ cup Confectioners' sugar
½ cup Butter
¼ cup Pillsbury's Best All-Purpose Flour*
¾ cup Sugar
½ teaspoon Double-acting baking powder
¼ teaspoon Salt
2 Eggs; slightly beaten
½ cup Maraschino cherries; finely cut
½ cup Coconut
½ cup Funsten's Walnuts; chopped

Directions

BAKE at 350 degrees for 10 minutes, then for 30 to 40 minutes. MAKES 3 dozen. Sift together the 1 cup flour with the confectioners' sugar. Cut n butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Press mixture firmly into ungreased 11 x 7 or 9 x 9 inch pan. Bake in moderate oven (350 degrees) 10 minutes. Sift together into mixing bowl ¼ cup flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt. Add eggs. Stir in maraschino cherries, coconut, and walnuts. Spread over partially-baked mixture. Bake in moderate oven (350 degrees) 30 to 40 minutes. Cool; cut into bars. *For use with Pillsbury's Best Self-Rising Flour, omit baking powder and salt.

NOTES : "Junior Winner in Pillsbury's 3rd Grand National Recipe and Baking Contest by Deanna Thomspon, Alexandria, Minnesota. Adapted by Ann Pillsbury."

Recipe by: Best Loved Foods of Christmas, Pillsbury, undated booklet Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #841 by NGavlak@... on Oct 12, 1997

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