Christmas Cherry Cookie Bars

Thursday 22 December 2011



INGREDIENTS

1 cup butter, softened
1 cup sugar 
2 eggs
1 teaspoon salt
1 jar Maraschino cherries, cut in half and stems removed
50ml  milk
1 and 1/2 teaspoons almond extract, divided
1 cup icing sugar

METHOD

1. Cream together the butter, sugar and eggs. Add 1 teaspoon of the almond extract.
2. Slowly beat in the flour and salt.
3. Spread the batter over a greased cookie sheet. Sprinkle the batter with the cherries and bake at 175 degrees Celsius/350 degrees Fahrenheit until lightly golden brown. Remove from oven and cool.
4. Mix together the milk, 1/2 teaspoon almond extract and icing sugar. Whisk until there are no more lumps.
5. Drizzle over the cooled cookie bars.
6. Cut into 1.5 inch squares and munch away (if you haven't started already like me)!

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12 comments:

  1. indianmakeupways22 December 2011 at 15:45

    oh my god!!!! That looks totally yum.Thanks for sharing the recipe

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  2. Swarnali22 December 2011 at 17:01

    Those cherry cookie bars look appetizing,I love how they look,reminds me of the tuty-fruity cake we used to have when we were kids :)

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  3. Kiran22 December 2011 at 19:46

    Thank you! I know right...they taste kinda like them too :-)

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  4. M.22 December 2011 at 20:16

    Gujju?? Cool:)

    I like cherries on top of chocolate cake:D

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  5. thePURPLEspirit23 December 2011 at 06:28

    Just looking at this makes my mouth water. Yummy indeed.

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  6. Gone2RehabBRB24 December 2011 at 15:21

    My tastebuds exploded with happiness
    just by opening this page.
    Oh my :/

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  7. Kiran24 December 2011 at 16:12

    Thanks PurpleSpirit and Gone2Rehab! :-) Try them out, they're really easy to make!

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  8. House of Pinheiro27 December 2011 at 17:48

    hun this look so good

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  9. Sew Blessed Maw [Judy]31 December 2011 at 22:20

    Yummy.. that looks so good.. And I sooooooo enjoyed the photo of your ingredents.All of the flour/sugar sacks..were new to me..I am in Mississippi [USA], and so fun to see it.ha

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  10. Sew Blessed Maw [Judy]31 December 2011 at 22:22

    this looks sooooo yummy.. And I really enjoyed the photo of the cooking ingrediants. It is fun to see the different brands than we have..thanks for sharing.

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  11. Kiran1 January 2012 at 16:25

    haha! I copied rach by taking photos of all the ingedients! I know what you mean...its fun to see the things that are different in other parts of the world! I love looking in supermarkets in different countries! lol

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  12. Sew Sister15 January 2012 at 10:14

    These look really yummy I must try them....

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