Chewy Coconut Cherry Bars
photo by Baby Kato
- Ready In:
- 55mins
- Ingredients:
- 18
- Serves:
-
30
ingredients
-
Crust
- 236.59 ml flour
- 4.92 ml baking soda
- 236.59 ml brown sugar
- 236.59 ml rolled oats
- 118.29 ml shortening, I use Crisco
-
Filling
- 2 eggs
- 236.59 ml brown sugar
- 2.46 ml almond extract
- 29.58 ml flour
- 4.92 ml baking powder
- 1.23 ml salt
- 236.59 ml coconut
- 236.59 ml maraschino cherry, drained and chopped
- 118.29 ml pecans, chopped
-
Icing
- 59.14 ml shortening, soft
- 473.18 ml icing sugar
- 2.46 ml almond extract
- 44.37-59.16 ml milk
directions
- Preheat oven to 350*.
- Combine flour, baking soda, oats and brown sugar.
- Cut in shortening until crumbly.
- Press into a 9 x 13 pan, and bake for 10 minutes.
- Beat eggs, brown sugar and almond extract thoroughly.
- In a separate cup, mix together the flour, baking powder and salt.
- Add to the egg/sugar mixture and blend well.
- Stir in the coconut, cherries and pecans.
- Spread evenly over crust.
- Bake for 25 minutes or until lightly brown.
- Cool completely before icing.
- Beat all icing ingredients together until smooth and creamy.
- Spread or over the baked mixture.
- Cut into squares.
Questions & Replies
Got a question?
Share it with the community!
Reviews
-
I posting this because I had posted same recepie without frosting and zaar removed it because they say its a duplicate. These are awesome very sweet. Although I would never put frosting on them I think that my teeth would fall out from them bieng so sweet. Dont add frosting in my opinion..........they are fabulous with out frosting!
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Diana 2
Canada