Cookie Treats Recipe

Ingredients :

1/2 cup soft butter

1/2 cup soft shortening

1 1/4 cups sugar

1 egg

1 tsp vanilla

2 1/2 cups sifted all-purpose flour

1 1/2 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp salt

1 cup chocolate chips

1/2 cup coarsely broken pecans

1/2 cup flaked coconut

1/2 cup well drained chopped maraschino cherries

1 cup sifted icing sugar

1 tbsp butter

1/4 tsp almond extract

2 tbsp maraschino cherry juice (approx.)

Method :

Heat oven to 350F (175C). Grease a 15 x 10 x 1-inch (38 x 25 x 2.5cm) jelly roll pan. Beat 1/2 cup butter, shortening, sugar, egg and vanilla together until fluffy. Sift flour, baking powder and stir together into mixture and blend well. Add chocolate chips, nuts, coconut and cherries and blend well (dough should be stiff). Press dough evenly into prepared pan. Bake 18-20 minutes or until brown and centre springs back when touched lightly. Cool to lukewarm in pan. Combine icing sugar, 1 tbsp butter, almond extract and enough cherry juice to make a rather thin icing. Spread over warm layer. Cut into bars while still warm. Cool.

Makes 48 bars

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