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Mary Helen's Cherry Coconut Bars Recipe

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Filling
Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
1 C sifted flour
1/2 C butter
3 T confection sugar

Filling:
2 eggs slightly beaten
1 C sugar
1/4 C flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
1tsp vanilla
3/4 C chopped nuts
1/2 C coconut
1/2 C quartered maraschino cherries
Directions:
Directions:
Heat oven to 350 degrees. With hands mix flour, butter, and sugar until smooth, then spread this with fingers in an 8" square pan. Bake about 15 minutes. Stir rest of ingredients into eggs then spread over the top of the baked pastry. No need to cool. Bake about 25 minutes. Cool, cut into bars.
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
Mom made this cookie at Christmas every year. We have always doubled the recipe.

 

 

 

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