1990 Christmas Collection · Mother’s Cookbook
Cherry Walnut Bars
Contributed by Carolyn Gregoire.
Ingredients
- Base: 2¼ cups flour
- ½ cup sugar
- 1 cup butter, softened
- Filling: 2 eggs
- 1 cup brown sugar
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon vanilla
- ½ cup chopped maraschino cherries
- ½ cup coconut
- ½ cup walnuts
- Icing: 2 tablespoons butter
- 2 cups confectioners’ sugar
- Cherry juice, as needed for spreading consistency
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Mix base flour, sugar and softened butter. Press into a 9-by-13-inch pan.
- Bake base for 20 minutes.
- Mix eggs, brown sugar, salt, baking powder, vanilla, cherries, coconut and walnuts.
- Spread filling over baked base and bake another 25 minutes.
- For icing, blend butter with confectioners’ sugar and enough cherry juice for a spreadable consistency. Frost cooled bars.
Kitchen Notes
Two-stage bar with cherry-juice icing, as originally printed.
Historical source transcription; no new personal kitchen test is claimed.
Original Source
Submitted by Carolyn Gregoire, Old Fashioned Christmas Recipes, Timesaver Shopping Guide, December 11, 1990, page 28. From Mother's cookbook collection.