Bar- Chocolate Cherry Bars
List of Ingredients
1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup sugar
1/4 cup baking cocoa
1 cup cold butter or margarine
1 egg, lightly beaten
1 tsp. almond extract
1 21-oz. can cherry pie filling
2 cups (12-oz.) semi-sweet
chocolate chips
1 cup chopped almonds
Recipe
In a bowl, combine the flour, sugar and cocoa. Cut in butter until crumbly. Add egg and almond extract until blended; set aside 1 cup for topping. Press remaining crumb mixture into a greased 13x9x2-inch baking pan. Carefully top with pie filling. Combine chocolate chips, almonds and reserved crumb mixture; sprinkle over pie filling. Bake 35-40 minutes at 350 degrees, or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean.
Cool; refrigerate at least 2 hours before cutting. Yield: 3 dozen.
From AK Cabot 12/13/00
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