Uncle Bill's Festive Squares
- Ready In:
- 45mins
- Ingredients:
- 12
- Yields:
-
50 two inch x one and a half inch squares
ingredients
- 1⁄2 cup butter, softened
- 1⁄2 cup granulated sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 1⁄4 cups all-purpose flour
- 10 1⁄2 fluid ounces sweetened condensed milk (chopped)
- 1⁄4 cup fresh lime juice
- 1⁄4 cup frozen concentrated orange juice, thawed
- 1 1⁄4 cups chopped pecans
- 1 1⁄4 cups shredded sweetened coconut
- 1 1⁄4 cups red maraschino cherries, quartered
- 1 1⁄4 cups green maraschino cherries, quartered
directions
- Preheat oven to 350 F degrees.
- Cream butter, sugar, egg and vanilla until light and creamy.
- Gradually add flour, mixing after each addition until crumbly.
- DO NOT OVERMIX.
- Press crumb mixture onto a parchment paper-lined 15 inch x 10 inch baking pan.
- Bake in preheated 350 F oven for 5 to 6 minutes; remove from oven and set aside.
- In a mixing bowl, stir together sweetened condensed evaported milk, lime juice, orange juice, pecans, coconut, red and green maraschino cherries.
- Spread evenly over prepared crust using a rubber spatula.
- Bake in preheated 350 F oven for 25 minutes.
- Cool thoroughly on a wire rack and chill before cutting.
- Turn the festive squares upside down onto a cutting board.
- Remove parchment paper and discard.
- Cut cake into squares.
- Wrap any unused portion in plastic wrap and refrigerate.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
William Uncle Bill
Burnaby,, B.C.
I live in Burnaby, British Columbia. I am retired and have written a cookbook entitled, From Uncle Bill's Kitchen. I am a recipe developer, author, publisher, distributor and a chef. My cookbook is very unique as I have a Nutrient Analysis for each ingredient used in each recipe that shows you the values for Calories, Fat, Cholesterol and Sodium. A high-lighted bar shows the values on a per serving basis plus the Fat/Cal%.
From Uncle Bill's Kitchen contains tried-and-true, tested, easy to follow reipes for both novice and experienced cooks. You'll find old Russian, Ukrainian, and other ethnic favorites, along with modern West Coast dishes. The Nutrient Analysis will please the health conscious. Uncle Bill's favorite recipes will reward efforts of the most creative cook and provide the family with many tantalizing, healthful meals.
I have appeared on 48 various Television Shows in Vancouver, Burnaby, Kelowna and Kamploops, B.C. Canada, as well as in Palm Springs, CA. In Palm Springs, CA, I have been a Guest on the JACKIE OLDEN RADIO SHOW and THE JOEY ENGLISH RADIO SHOW, twice a year since 1998. I also do demo cooking shows at CHAPTERS BOOK STORES, SAVE-ON-FOOD STORES, GALLOWAY'S FOODS, WESTMINSTER PUBLIC QUAY MARKET, and in the U.S. at BARNES & NOBLE BOOKSTORES in Palm Springs, CA, Phoenix and Yuma, AZ.
I was in Palm Springs, CA from June 10th to July 14th. 2002 and again appeared twice on the Jackie Olden Show, twice on the Joey English Show and pre-taped a TV COOKING SHOW with Jackie Olden that is aired on TV from Palm Springs, CA to Los Angeles, CA.