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Recipe: Cherry Macaroon Bars (with graham cracker crumb base)

Desserts - Cookies, Brownies, Bars
CHERRY MACAROON BARS

1 cup graham cracker crumbs
1 cup sugar, divided use
1/4 cup (1/2 stick) butter or margarine, melted
3 3/4 cups (10 oz. pkg.) sweetened coconut flakes
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
3 egg whites
1 egg, slightly beaten
1 teaspoon almond extract
13 red or green Maraschino cherries, halved and drained

Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly grease an (8-inch or 9-inch) square baking pan.

Stir together crumbs, 1/4 cup sugar and melted butter. Press onto bottom of prepared pan.

Bake 5 minutes. Remove from oven; leave oven on.

Stir together coconut, remaining 3/4 cup sugar, flour and salt. Add egg whites, egg and almond extract. Spread mixture carefully over crumb mixture. Press in cherry halves.

Bake 30 to 35 minutes or until lightly browned around edges. Cool completely in pan on wire rack. Cover; cut into bars.

About 25 bars
Source: Hershey's
MsgID: 0224451
Shared by: Betsy at Recipelink.com
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