Chocolate Cherry Squares Recipe
These are easy bar cookies that look very hard to make. At the holidays, they are beautiful served with other Christmas cookies.
Servings: 16
Calories: 160kcal
Ingredients
Cookie
- 1 cup sifted flour (For gluten free, use a gluten free flour blend that includes xanthin gum for best results)
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ⅓ cup brown sugar
- ½ cup butter (or margarine)
Topping
- 1 cup chocolate chips
- 1 10-ounce jar of maraschino cherries (drained, each cherry cut in half)
- crushed nuts (optional)
Instructions
- Combine first three cookie ingredients.
- Cut in butter.
- Shape into a ball.
- Press into an 8" x 8" pan.
- Bake at 350F degrees for 20 minutes.
- The cookies will be just slightly brown when they are done.
- Cut into 2" squares while still warm (very important).
- Melt chocolate chips.
- Top each cookie square with a dab of melted chocolate.
- Put ½ a cherry on top of each dab of chocolate.
- With a teaspoon, dab more chocolate over the cherry.
- Sprinkle with crushed nuts.
- Set aside until chocolate is firm.
Notes
If you double the recipe, use a 9" x 13" pan. For a cookie sheet, multiply the recipe by four.
Nutrition
Calories: 160kcal | Carbohydrates: 18g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 10g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 0.2g | Cholesterol: 15mg | Sodium: 84mg | Potassium: 56mg | Fiber: 0.3g | Sugar: 11g | Vitamin A: 177IU | Vitamin C: 0.01mg | Calcium: 16mg | Iron: 0.4mg