Cherry Dominos Recipes

CHERRY NANAIMO BARS

Steps:

• Heat 1/2 cup butter, white sugar, and cocoa powder in a saucepan over medium heat; cook and stir just until butter melts, about 2 minutes. Remove saucepan from heat; stir in beaten egg. Return pan to stove; cook and stir until cocoa mixture thickens slightly, about 3 minutes. Remove saucepan from heat.
• Stir graham cracker crumbs, coconut, and walnuts into cocoa mixture. Press mixture firmly into an ungreased 9x9-inch baking pan.
• Beat 1/4 cup butter, confectioners' sugar, cherry juice, and almond extract in a bowl with an electric mixer until smooth; stir in cherries. Drop cherry mixture by spoonfuls over base layer, then spread evenly. Let cherry mixture layer stand until slightly firm, about 10 minutes. Using your hand, pat cherry mixture layer to smooth.
• Melt 1 tablespoon butter in a small saucepan over low heat; stir in chocolate chips. Cook and stir mixture until melted and smooth, about 3 minutes. Pour chocolate mixture over middle layer. Working quickly, smooth chocolate with the back of a spoon. Chill before cutting into bars, about 30 minutes.

CHERRY DOMINOS

Steps:

• Crust : Cook at low heat in a saucepan with thick bottom : butter, cocoa, sugar, eggs, whisking continuously about 5 minutes, until it's thick.
• Remove from the heat and add vanilla, graham cracker crumbs, coconut and almonds.
• Butter a square pan of 9 inches and spread the crust mixture pressing firmly. Freeze.
• Cherry Garnish : In a bowl, with an electric mixer, mix powdered sugar, butter, cherry juice and almond extract, until mixture is creamy.
• Add cherries and stir with a wooden spoon. Spread the cherry mixture on the cold crust. Freeze while doing the chocolate glaze.
• Chocolate glaze : On the top of a double boiler, melt the chocolate with the butter.
• Spread the chocolate glaze on the cherry mixture.
• Let cool and cut in squares.