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1/2 c butter
1/4 c Sugar
1/3 c Cocoa
1 ts vanilla
1 Egg; beaten
1 c Coconut, desiccated
1 3/4 c Graham wafer crumbs
1/2 c Almonds; chopped
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1/4 c butter; softened
1 tb Cherry juice
2 c Icing sugar
1/3 c Maraschino cherries; chopped
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2 oz Semisweet chocolate
1 tb butter
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
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