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Cherry-Coconut Bars

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Cherry-Coconut Bars

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Yield: 48 bars.


4 cups Holiday Cookie Mix -- (see recipe below)
1/2 cup margarine (1 stick) -- softened
1-1/2 cups sugar
3/4 cup flaked coconut
1/3 cup all-purpose flour
3/4 cup chopped maraschino cherries -- drained
1 teaspoon vanilla
3/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
3 eggs -- beaten
1 cup chopped nuts

Heat oven to 350º. Mix Holiday Cookie Mix and margarine. Press in ungreased rectangular pan, 13 × 9 × 2 inches. Bake 25 minutes.

Mix remaining ingredients except nuts; spread over baked layer. Sprinkle with nuts.

Bake about 25 minutes or until center is set. Cool completely. Cut into about 2 × 1-inch bars.


One cookie equals: 127 Calories; 6g Fat (40.6% calories from fat); 2g Protein; 18g Carbohydrate; 1g Dietary Fiber; 12mg Cholesterol; 106mg Sodium. +++++ Exchanges: 1/2 Grain(Starch); 1 Fat; 1 Other Carbohydrates. ++++ WWP: 3


Holiday Cookie Mix
8 cups all-purpose flour
4 cups packed brown sugar
1 tablespoon salt
1-1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1-1/2 cups shortening

Mix flour, sugar, salt and baking soda. Cut in shortening with pastry blender or 2 knives until mixture resembles fine crumbs. Place desired amounts of mix in storage containers (plastic containers or jars or large plastic bags). Seal tightly, label and refrigerate up to 10 weeks.

To measure, dip dry-ingredient measuring cup into cookie mix; level with straight-edged spatula.

Makes 15 to 16 cups cookie mix. Can be halved.