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     Title: Fruit Cocktail Bars
Categories: Bars, Cookies, Desserts  
  Servings: 24 Bars

      8 oz Can fruit cocktail
    1/4 c  Butter; softened 
    1/3 c  Sugar 
      1 lg Egg
    1/4 ts Vanilla 
  1 1/4 c  Unbleached flour
    1/4 ts Baking powder 
    1/4 ts Baking soda 
      1 tb Maraschino cherry juice 
    1/2 c  Flaked coconut
    1/4 c  Maraschino cherries; chopped 

  Drain fruit; reserve 1/3 cup of syrup. Chop fruit; set aside. Cream
  butter and sugar; beat in egg and vanilla. Stir flour with baking
  powder, soda, and 1/4 ts salt. Mix reserved syrup with cherry
  syrup. Add flour mixture alternately with syrups to creamed
  mixture; mix well. Stir in fruit, coconut, and cherries. Spread in
  greased 9x9x2" baking pan. Bake at 350 F for 30 to 35 minutes.
  Cool. If desired, sift powdered sugar over top and cut into bars.
 
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