Cherry Square

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 36
• 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/3 cup brown sugar, packed
• 1/2 cup butter or 1/2 cup firm margarine
• 2 large eggs
• 1 1/4 cups brown sugar, packed
• 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup medium shredded coconut
• 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
• 1/2 cup red maraschino cherries or 1/2 cup candied cherry, cut up
• 1 cup icing sugar
• 2 tablespoons butter or 2 tablespoons firm margarine, softened
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 tablespoon water or 1 tablespoon milk

Recipe

• 1 bottom layer:
• 2 crumble all 3 ingredients together well.
• 3 press in an ungreased 9x9 inch pan.
• 4 bake in 350 degree oven for 15 minutes.
• 5 second layer:
• 6 beat eggs slightly and mix in the rest of the ingredients in order given.
• 7 spread over first layer.
• 8 return to oven and bake for 25 minutes until brown.
• 9 icing:
• 10 beat all 4 ingredients together in small bowl, adding more water or icing sugar if needed to make a more spreadable mixture.
• 11 spread over cooled squares.
• 12 this makes a minimum amount of icing.
• 13 cut into 36 squares.