Cherry Coconut Bars recipe

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Ingredients

1 cup all-purpose flour
½ cup butter
3 tablespoons confectioners' sugar
2 eggs
1 cup white sugar
¼ cup all-purpose flour
½ teaspoon baking powder
¼ teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
¾ cup chopped walnuts
½ cup flaked coconut
½ cup maraschino cherries, quartered

Nutrition Info

274.5 calories
carbohydrate: 34.4 g
cholesterol: 51.3 mg
fat: 14.3 g
fiber: 1.2 g
protein: 3.7 g
saturatedFat: 6.4 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 144.3 mg
sugar: 20.1 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C).

  2. With your hands, mix together 1 cup flour, butter and confectioners sugar until smooth. Spread thinly (with fingers) on bottom of 8 x 8 x 2 inch square pan.

  3. Bake about 25 minutes.

  4. Meanwhile, lightly beat eggs and stir all remaining ingredients into the eggs. Spread over cooked base and bake about 25 minutes more. Cool.

Recipe Yield

2 dozen

Recipe Note

Shortbread-type base with a coconut, nuts, and cherry meringue-type topping

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