Recipe: Choco-Cherry Bars (using cream cheese, maraschino cherries and nuts)

CHOCO-CHERRY BARS

1 (8 oz.) pkg. cream cheese, softened
3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) butter or margarine, softened
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
1 1/4 cups flour
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
2 squares (1 ounce each) Baker's Unsweetened Baking Chocolate, melted
1 cup chopped maraschino cherries, well drained
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
Chocolate Glaze (recipe follows)

Mix cream cheese, butter and sugar with electric mixer on medium speed until well blended. Add eggs and vanilla; mix until blended.

Mix flour, baking soda and salt. Add flour mixture to cream cheese mixture; mix well. Blend in melted chocolate. Stir in cherries and walnuts. Spread into greased and floured l5x10x1-inch baking pan.

Bake at 350 degrees F for 25 to 30 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.

Drizzle Chocolate Glaze over warm bars in baking pan; cut into bars.

CHOCOLATE GLAZE

1 cup sifted powdered sugar
3 Tbsp. milk
2 squares (1 ounce each) Baker's Unsweetened Baking Chocolate, melted
1/2 tsp. vanilla

Mix powdered sugar, milk, melted chocolate and vanilla until smooth.

Makes 2 dozen
Source: Recipe booklet: A Little Taste Of Heaven, Kraft Philadelphia Cream Cheese Blissful Bars & Cookies, Favorite Brand Name Recipes No 84