Red Cherry Dream Squares Recipes

CHERRY SQUARES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• In a medium bowl, stir together 1 1/4 cup flour and 1/3 cup brown sugar. Rub in 1/2 cup butter using your hands or a pastry blender. Press into an ungreased 9 inch square pan.
• Bake for 15 minutes in the preheated oven, or until lightly browned at the edges. Set aside. In a medium bowl, beat eggs until light. Mix together the brown sugar, flour, baking powder, and salt; stir into the eggs. Mix in the coconut, nuts, and cherries; spread the batter evenly over the baked crust.
• Return to the oven, and bake for 25 minutes, or until brown. Set aside to cool. In a small bowl, mix the confectioners' sugar, 2 tablespoons butter, vanilla, and water until smooth. Add more liquid if necessary to make a more spreadable mixture. Spread over cooled bars before cutting into squares.

RED CHERRY DREAM SQUARES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 deg.
• Grease 13x9" pan.
• In large bowl, combine cake mix, 1 cup of the rolled oats and 6 T of the margarine; mix until crumbly.
• Reserve 1 cupcrumbs for topping.
• To remaining crumbs, add 1 egg; mix until well blended.
• Press into greased pan.
• Pour cherry pie filling over crust; spread to cover.
• To reserved crumbs in large bowl, add remaining 1/4 cup rolled oats and 2 T margarine, nuts and brown sugar; mix well.
• Sprinkle over cherry filling.
• Bake at 350 deg for 35-40 minutes until golden brown.
• Cool completely.
• If desired, serve with whipped cream.

DREAM SQUARES

Steps:

• BASE: Melt 3/4 cup margarine. Add graham crumbs. Press half the mixture into an 8-inch square baking pan. Bake for10 minutes at 350°F Cool completely.
• FILLING: Combine icing sugar, cocoa, margarine and vanilla. Beat with electric mixer for 3 minutes. Pour over first mixtue.
• MIX: Combine melted margarine, beaten eggs and cocoa. Mix well. Pour over top of filling and put the rest of the crumbs on top.
• Refrigerate for 2 hours and serve.

CROWD-PLEASER CHERRY SQUARES

Steps:

• FIRST LAYER: Crumble ingredients together well.
• Press into ungreased 9 x 9 inch pan.
• Bake in preheated 350F oven for 15 minutes.
• SECOND LAYER: Beat eggs slightly; add remaining ingredients in the order listed.
• If using maraschino cherries, drain well.
• I prefer using candied cherries- at Christmas, I use a mixture of red& green.
• Spread over first layer& return to oven for 25 minutes.
• Let cool completely.
• TOP LAYER: Beat ingredients in a small bowl, adding more water if necessary to make a more spreadable mixture.
• This makes a minimum amount of icing to spread over top.

PARTY DREAM SQUARES

Steps:

• BASE- whisk flour and icing sugar in bowl, cut in butter or margarine and press into a greased 9x9 pan.
• Bake base in a 300 degree oven for 10 minutes.
• TOPPING- Beat eggs, blend in sugar and beat together.
• Add the vanilla and the dry ingredients.
• Add the coconut, cherries and the walnuts.
• Spread filling on the prepared base and bake at 325 degrees for 30 minutes or until top nicely golden brown.
• Cool until set before cutting.