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    1/2 c  Butter

    1/4 c  Sugar

    1/3 c  Cocoa

      1 ts Vanilla

      1    Egg; beaten

      1 c  Coconut, desiccated

  1 3/4 c  Graham wafer crumbs

    1/2 c  Almonds; chopped

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    1/4 c  Butter; softened

      1 tb Cherry juice

      2 c  Icing sugar

    1/3 c  Maraschino cherries; chopped

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      2 oz Semisweet chocolate

      1 tb Butter

  BASE: Cook butter, sugar, cocoa, vanilla & egg in saucepan over low
  heat heat, stirring constantly until custard begins to thicken.
  Remove from heat and stir in coconut, crumbs and almonds. Pat firmly
  into a greased 9 pan inch square pan. Chill for 1 hour.
  FILLING: Cream butter, cherry juice and extract. Gradually beat in
  icing sugar to a make a smooth spreading consistency. Stir in
  cherries. Spread over base and chill until firm.
  TOP: Heat chocolate and butter, stirring until smoothly melted.
  Drizzle chocolate over filling. Chill. Cut into bars. YIELD: 30 BARS