Chocolate Cherry Squares

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What could be better than chocolate and cherry together? Not a whole heck of a lot, in my books at least. These are a front runner for my favorite square, I think the lemon ones just come out ahead. Barely.

They were also a fun baking activity for my daughter and I, give her a butterknife, cutting board and cherries and she chopped till she couldn’t chop anymore.

Ingredients Needed:

Bottom Crust

1 1/4 cups of flour
1/2 cup of butter
1/3 cup of brown sugar

Middle Layer

2 large eggs
3/4 cup of brown sugar
3/4 cup of chopped up cherries, maraschino or glazed
1 cup of sweetened shredded coconut
3/4 cup of chocolate chips
2 tbsp of flour
1/2 tsp baking powder

Icing

1 1/2 cups of icing sugar
4 tbsp butter
1 1/2 – 2 tbsp of cream
1/4 tsp of almond extract

Get your slave labor started chopping those cherries.

Mix your crust layers together, until they are a lovely crumbly mixture just waiting for a 9×9 pan.

Bake at 350 for 12-15 minutes until slightly browned.

Combine everything for the middle layer, then when the crust is done, pour it on top. So easy.

Bake at 350 for 20-25 minutes until it’s set in the middle and oh-so beautifully browned on top like below.

Cool it completely and then you can start the best part; the icing!

Whip up those icing ingredients until fluffy and adjust the almond extract to your taste. I find the extract in the icing took these square from great to absolutely mouth-watering. The hint of cherry topped them off completely.

Spread on the cooled squares and let it set. I always throw it in the fridge for a while before I cut the squares, it makes cutting them much neater.

Be prepared to love these! Mike has declared these the best I have ever made, but really, he says that about everything sweet.

He really means it this time, I think. He wouldn’t take them into work, so usually when he hoards something jealously like that, it’s a favorite.