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This recipe was my absolute favorite sweet treat growing up, and still is! This was my great-grandma's recipe and is NOT for those watching their figure! The result is a very rich, very tasty bar cookie. The nuts and cherries are both optional, but give great variations to this recipe.
Prep Time: 15 Min
Cook Time: 25 Min
Ready In: 1 Hr
Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups margarine, softened
1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
1 1/2 cups white sugar
3 eggs
2 tablespoons vanilla extract
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
2 cups semisweet chocolate chips
1 cup chopped walnuts (optional)
1/2 cup well-drained chopped maraschino cherries (optional)
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13 inch baking pan.
2. Beat the margarine, cream cheese, and sugar with an electric mixer in a large bowl until smooth. Add the eggs one at a time, allowing each egg to blend into the margarine mixture before adding the next. Beat in the vanilla with the last egg. Mix in the flour, salt, chocolate chips, and walnuts until just incorporated. Fold in the maraschino cherries; mixing just enough to evenly combine. Spread the batter evenly in the prepared pan.
3. Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out nearly clean, about 25 minutes. Watch closely - the finished bars will be very pale in color. Remove from oven immediately if the sides begin to pull away from the pan. Cool pan on a wire rack before cutting into bars.
Nutritional Information
Amount Per Serving Calories: 237 | Total Fat: 15.1g | Cholesterol: 24mg
Source: AllRecipes.com
by PLG24
February 01, 2013
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by KCPRUNK
July 30, 2012
Good for holiday treat..too hot but will keep
this recipe . thanks for share.
this recipe . thanks for share.
by ICANWATCH
July 29, 2012
ok-i am going to put on 10lbs. just reading these today!
by SCHEEPY
July 28, 2012
by BOOBEAT1984
July 28, 2012
by 92651
July 27, 2012
They sound good but the picture looks kind of like fruit cake.
by AZACOB
July 27, 2012
by TREESIA
July 27, 2012
it is very close to the ingredients of my haiwian fruit cake-Yumm!
by SWEETIEWHEATIESCOTIE
July 27, 2012
Thanks for sharing a family recipe. Sounds good
by ELIZABETHASQUINI
July 27, 2012
we would use butter instead, which adds more calories
by RAMSONTHEHILL
July 27, 2012
and the weight goes on....... but they sound so yummy
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