Cherry Ripe Slice
- Ready In:
- 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 12
- Yields:
-
24 bars
- Serves:
- 12
ingredients
- 2 cups flour
- 3 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons cocoa
- 1 1⁄2 cups desiccated coconut
- 1 cup butter
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup dark chocolate chips
- 2 tablespoons shortening
- 1 cup desiccated coconut
- 1 (395 g) can sweetened condensed milk
- 1 cup glace cherries, chopped
directions
- Preheat oven to 350. Grease a 9 x 13 slice tray.
- Combine flour, baking powder, salt, cocoa and coconut.
- Place butter in a saucepan with sugar and heat until butter has melted.
- Pour butter over dry ingredients, mix well and press into tray.
- Bake for 15 minutes.
- Remove from oven and allow to cool slightly.
- For the filling, combine coconut, sweetened condensed milk, cherries and mix well.
- Spread over warm chocolate base.
- Melt chocolate and shortening in a saucepan over low heat or in the microwave.
- Stir until melted and smooth then pour over cherry filling.
- Refrigerate until set.
- Cut into small triangles, bars or slices.
- To cut neatly through the chocolate, dip a knife in hot water before cutting through the chocolate.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
sheepdoc
Caledonia, 0
Michigan mom