Treasure Chest Bars
- Ready In:
- 40mins
- Ingredients:
- 17
- Yields:
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36 bars
ingredients
- 1⁄2 cup butter, room temperature
- 1⁄2 cup sugar
- 1⁄2 cup brown sugar
- 2 cups flour
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 3⁄4 cup milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 eggs
- 6 ounces chocolate chips (I like semisweet.)
- 1 cup maraschino cherry, drained and chopped
- 1 cup chopped nuts (I like walnuts or pecans.)
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Icing
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 2 tablespoons soft butter
- 2 -3 tablespoons milk
- 1⁄2 teaspoon vanilla
- 1⁄2 unsweetened chocolate square
directions
- Preheat oven 350 Grease and flour 15x10x1" jelly roll pan.
- Cream butter, white sugar and brown sugar.
- Add flour, baking powder, salt, milk, vanilla and eggs.
- Blend at medium speed until smooth.
- Stir in cherries, chocolate chips and nuts.
- Spread in pan.
- Bake 25-30 minutes until lightly browned.
- Icing: combine powdered sugar, butter, milk and vanilla.
- Spread on warm bars.
- Drizzle 1/2 square melted unsweetened chocolate over bars.
- Cool and cut.
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Reviews
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I love this cookie. It is indeed an old recipe. I first had these at a church dinner about 12 years ago. The cook would not share the recipe at that time. A few years ago she shared it with me. It is my favorite bar cookie. I love the combination of tastes. It reminds me of chocolate covered cherries. The bars are not too soft and not too firm. They are perfect.
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