Cherry Almond Nanaimo Bars
Low Cholesterol, Trans-fat Free, Low Sodium
Ingredients
| Amount | Measure | Ingredient | Features |
|---|---|---|---|
| base | |||
| ½ | cup |
butter
|
|
| ¼ | cup |
sugar
|
|
| ⅓ | cup |
cocoa powder
|
|
| 1 | teaspoon |
vanilla extract
|
|
| 1 | each |
eggs
beaten |
|
| 1 | cup |
coconut, shredded (desiccated)
|
*
|
| 1 ¾ | cups |
graham crackers/wafers
crumbs |
*
|
| ½ | cup |
almonds
chopped |
*
|
| filling | |||
| ¼ | cup |
butter
softened |
|
| 1 | tablespoon |
cherry juice
|
* |
| 2 | cups |
powdered sugar
|
|
| ⅓ | cup |
maraschino cherries
chopped |
*
|
| top | |||
| 2 | ounces |
semi-sweet chocolate
null, null |
|
| 1 | tablespoon |
butter
|
|
Ingredients
| Amount | Measure | Ingredient | Features |
|---|---|---|---|
| base | |||
| 118 | ml |
butter
|
|
| 59 | ml |
sugar
|
|
| 79 | ml |
cocoa powder
|
|
| 5 | ml |
vanilla extract
|
|
| 1 | each |
eggs
beaten |
|
| 237 | ml |
coconut, shredded (desiccated)
|
*
|
| 414 | ml |
graham crackers/wafers
crumbs |
*
|
| 118 | ml |
almonds
chopped |
*
|
| filling | |||
| 59 | ml |
butter
softened |
|
| 15 | ml |
cherry juice
|
* |
| 473 | ml |
powdered sugar
|
|
| 79 | ml |
maraschino cherries
chopped |
*
|
| top | |||
| 57.8 | ml/g |
semi-sweet chocolate
null, null |
|
| 15 | ml |
butter
|
|
Directions
BASE: Cook butter, sugar, cocoa, vanilla and 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.
