Fruit coctail bars

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Preparation Time:

10 Min

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Difficulty:

Easy

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Main Ingredients:

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Cooking Preparation of the Recipe:

8 oz Fruit Cocktail; (1 Can) 1/4 ts Baking Powder
1/4 c Butter Or Margarine;Softened 1/4 ts Baking Soda
1/3 c Sugar 1 tb Maraschino Cherry Juice
1 ea Egg; Large 1/2 c Coconut; Flaked
1/4 ts Vanilla 1/4 c Maraschino Cherries; Chopped
1 1/4 c Flour; Unbleached

Drain fruit; reserve 1/3 cup of syrup. Chop fruit; set aside. Cream
butter and sugar; beat in egg and vanilla. Stir flour with baking
powder, soda and 1/4 t salt. Mis reserved syrup with cherry syrup.
Add flour mixture alternately with syrups to creamed mixture; mix
well. Stir in fruit, coconut, and cherries. Spread in greased 9 X 9
X 2-inch baking pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 to 35 minutes.
Cool. If desired, sift powdered sugar over top and cut into bars.

Makes 24 bars.