Recipe

Coconut And Cherry Squares Recipe

	Gumby / All my dishes 1 year, 6 months ago From Canadian LIving Magazine...sweet, a little bit of zing from the dried cherries...everyone raves about these, and best of all they go together in minutes! Prep:10m Servings:24	Gumby
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Ingredients

7 oz (210 g) white chocolate, chopped

1 tsp (5 mL) grated orange rind

1/2 cup (125 mL) butter

1/4 cup (50 mL) whipping cream

1-1/2 cups (375 mL) dried cherries or cranberries

3/4 cup (175 mL) coconut

2-1/4 cups (550 mL) shortbread cookie or vanilla wafer crumbs

Icing:

2 tbsp (25 mL) butter, melted

2 tbsp (25 mL) orange juice

1 tbsp (15 mL) whipping cream

2 cups (500 mL) icing sugar

Directions

In large bowl, combine white chocolate with orange rind; set aside. In small saucepan, heat butter with cream over medium heat until steaming; pour over chocolate mixture and stir until melted. Stir in cherries and coconut. Stir in cookie crumbs in 2 batches until blended. Scrape into prepared pan, smoothing top. Chill until firm, about 1 hour.

Icing: In bowl, stir together butter, orange juice and cream; stir in icing sugar in 2 batches. Spread over cherry mixture

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