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Chocolate-Covered Cherry Diamonds

Enjoy these bars made using cherries and topped with chocolate - a delicious baked dessert.

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Prep Time 10 min
Total Time 1 hr 15 min
Servings 48

Ingredients

1: jar (6 oz) maraschino cherries

1: cup powdered sugar

1: cup butter or margarine, softened

1/2: teaspoon almond extract

2 1/2: cups Gold Medal® all-purpose flour

1/2: teaspoon salt

1: bag (11.5 oz) milk chocolate chips (2 cups)

12: red candied cherries, cut into fourths, if desired

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Directions

1 Heat oven to 325°F (if using dark or nonstick pan, heat oven to 300°F). Drain maraschino cherries, reserving liquid. Finely chop maraschino cherries.
2 In large bowl, beat powdered sugar, butter, cherry liquid and almond extract with electric mixer on low speed until well mixed. Beat in flour and salt until well mixed. Stir in maraschino cherries. On bottom of ungreased 15x10x1-inch pan, spread dough.
3 Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until edges are light golden brown.
4 Immediately sprinkle with chocolate chips. Let stand about 5 minutes or until chocolate is softened; spread chocolate evenly over bars with spatula. Cool in pan on wire rack 30 minutes. For diamond shapes, cut bars diagonally into 8 rows by 6 rows. Garnish with candied cherries.

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Nutrition Information

NUTRITION INFORMATION PER SERVING

Serving Size: 1 Bar

Calories: 110
Calories from Fat: 50),

% Daily Value

Total Fat: 6g; 6%
(Saturated Fat 3g, 3% Trans Fat 0g 0% ),
Cholesterol: 10mg; 10%;
Sodium: 55mg; 55%;
Total Carbohydrate: 13g; 13%
(Dietary Fiber 0g 0% Sugars 7g 7% ),
Protein: 1g; 1%

% Daily Value*:

Vitamin A: 4%;
Vitamin C: 0%;
Calcium: 0%;
Iron: 2%;

Exchanges:

1 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 2 Fat;

Carbohydrate Choices:

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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Posted 12/3/2012 5:16:18 PM REPORT ABUSE dotkelidot said:

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I tried this recipe over the weekend, and it was horrible. Even though I'd added extra cherries and extra cherry juice to the dough, it came out tasting like chocolate-covered flour.

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