Cherry Almond Nanaimo Bars

Ingredients

170 gr butter
50 gr sugar
28 gr cocoa
4 gr vanilla
1 egg
80 gr coconut
400 gr graham wafer crumbs
60 gr almonds
16 ml cherry juice
400 gr icing sugar
45 gr maraschino cherries
55 gr semisweet chocolate
14 gr butter

Instructions

BASE: Cook butter, sugar, cocoa, vanilla & 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. YIELD: 30 BARS