French Cherry Dessert

Ingredients

Pastry:

• 3 Tbsp. powdered sugar
• 1 cup flour
• 1/2 cup butter or margarine

Filling:

• 1 cup sugar
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• 2 eggs
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• 1/4 cup flour
• 1/2 tsp. baking powder
• 1/4 tsp. salt
• 1/2 cup chopped nuts
• 1/2 cup coconut
• 1/2 cup cut up maraschino cherries

Directions

Pastry: Mix powdered sugar and flour. Cut in butter till like corn meal. Press in bottom of 8 or 9 inch pan. Bake at 350 degrees F for 25 minutes.

Filling: Add sugar and vanilla to beaten eggs. Sift in flour, baking powder, and salt into egg mixture. Stir and fold in nuts, coconut and cherries. Spread over baked crust and bake at 325 degrees F for 35 minutes (browns on top).

By Robin from Washington, IA