Mom's Yum Yum Bars
photo by Probably This
- Ready In:
- 55mins
- Ingredients:
- 12
- Yields:
-
1 cake
- Serves:
- 18
ingredients
-
Base
- 295.73 ml flour
- 59.14 ml packed brown sugar
- 118.29 ml unsalted butter, at room temperature
-
Topping
- 29.58 ml flour
- 2.46 ml salt
- 1.23 ml baking powder
- 2 eggs
- 354.88 ml packed brown sugar
- 7.39 ml vanilla
- 118.29 ml chopped walnuts
- 118.29 ml chopped maraschino cherry
- 118.29 ml unsweetened desiccated coconut
directions
- Preheat oven to 350°F
- For base, lightly butter an 8 inch square baking dish. In a bowl, using a fork, stir flour with sugar. Work in butter until coarse crumbs form. Press over bottom of buttered dish. Bake in centre of oven until light golden, 15 to 20 minutes. Remove, but leave oven on.
- While base is baking, in a small bowl, using a fork, stir flour with salt and baking powder. In a large bowl, whisk eggs. Using a wooden spoon, stir in sugar and vanilla until evenly mixed. Then stir in walnuts, cherries, coconut and flour mixture. Spread over warm base. Bake in centre of oven until topping is golden and slightly jiggly, 20 to 30 minutes.
- Remove to a rack to cool at least 1 hour before cutting into bars. Bars cut best after refrigerating overnight. Refrigerate up to 1 week or freeze up to 1 month.
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Canadian girl that loves to cook for herself and for everyone around her!! I always enjoyed cooking but more so since I started taking better care of myself by eating healthier food (I am a Weight Watchers Lifetime member!). I still love my chocolate though!
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