Chocolate Cherry Bars

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter or 1 cup margarine
• 3/4 cup cocoa
• 2 cups sugar
• 4 large eggs
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour, plus
• 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/3 cup chopped almonds or 1/3 cup pecans
• 1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
• 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
• 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 1 cup chopped maraschino cherry, drained

Recipe

• 1 heat oven to 350°.
• 2 grease a 13x9 baking pan.
• 3 melt butter in a large saucepan over low heat; stir in cocoa until smooth.
• 4 remove from heat.
• 5 add sugar, 3 eggs, 1-1/2 cups flour, and nuts; mix well.
• 6 pour into prepared pan, bake 20 minutes.
• 7 whisk together remaining egg, 1/3 cup flour, milk, and almond extract.
• 8 pour over baked layer; sprinkle chocolate chips and cherries over top.
• 9 return to oven and bake for 20 to 25 minutes, or until set and edges golden brown.
• 10 cool completely in pan.
• 11 refrigerate until cold, about 6 hours or overnight.
• 12 cut into bars.
• 13 refrigerate leftover bars (if there are any!).