Chocolate Cherry Bars
By
donna clark
@donnacl
1
I like the combination of chocolate and cherries together. This makes a nice bar cookie, it's a moist sweet bar that the family will love.
Rating:
★★★★★ 2 votes
Serves:
about 48 bars
Prep:
10 Min
Cook:
30 Min
Method:
Bake
Ingredients
- 1 c
- ( 2 sicks ) butter
- 3/4 c
- dark chocolate cocoa
- 2 c
- sugar
- 4
- eggs
- 1 1/2 c
- ( plus 1/3 cup ) all-purpose flour, divided
- 1/3 c
- chpped almonds
- 1 can(s)
- ( 14 oz ) sweetened condensed milk ( not evaporated) milk
- 1/2 tsp
- almond extract
- 1 c
- hershey's mini kisses brand milk chocolates
- 1 c
- chopped maraschino cherries, draied
How to Make Chocolate Cherry Bars
- 1Heat oven to 350 generously gease 13x9" baking pan .
- 2Melt butter in a large saucepan over low heat, stir in cocoa until smooth. Remove from heat, add sugar, 3 eggs, 1 1/2 cups flour and almonds. mix well, pour into prepared pan, bake for 20 minutes.
- 3Meamwhile, whisk together remaining 1 egg, and 1/3 cup of flour, sweetened condensed milk and almond extract. Pour over baked layer, sprinkle chocolate pieces and cherries over the top. Return to oven.
- 4Bake addnitional 20-25 minutes or until set and edges are golden brown. Cool completely in pan on wire rack. Refrigerate until cool, about 6 hours or ove night. Cut into bars. Cover and refrigerate leftover bars.
About Chocolate Cherry Bars
Course/Dish: Cookies
Main Ingredient: Sugar
Regional Style: American
Other Tags: Quick & Easy, For Kids
