Ingredients
- 1 egg
- 2 c icing sugar
- 1 3/4 c graham wafer crumbs
- 3/4 c butter
- 1 c coconut
- 1/2 c almonds
- 2 oz semisweet chocolate
- 1/4 c sugar
- 3/8 c maraschino cherries
- 3/8 c cocoa
- 1 tb cherry juice
- 1 tb butter
- 1 ts vanilla
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
