Pineapple Dream Bars

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Title: Pineapple Dream Bars
Categories: Cookies
Yield: 1 servings

1/2 c Butter or margarine softened
1 c Dark brown suger, packed
1 1/3 c Flour
8 1/4 oz Canned crushed pineapple
2 Eggs
1 ts Baking powder
1 ts Ground cinnamon
1/4 ts Salt
1 ts Rum extract
1 1/2 c Flaked coconut
1 c Chopped walnuts
1/2 c Chopped maraschino cherries

Preheat oven to 350* F. In medium mixer bowl, beat butter and 1/3 cup
brown suger. Blend in 1 cup flour until mixture is crumbly. Pat into bottom
of 13x9-inch baking pan. Bake in preheated oven for 10 to 15 mintues or
until golden. Keep oven hot, but remove the pan to cool.
Drain pineapple well, pressing out excess liquid with back of spoon. In
large bowl, combine remaining 2/3 cup brown sugar until thick. In small
bowl, combine remaining 1/3 cup flour, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg and
salt. Stir dry ingredients and extract into egg mixture. Fold in pineapple,
coconut, nuts and cherries. Spread over baked crust. Bake 30 minutes longer
or until set. Cool slightly on wire rack before cutting into bars Makes 18
bars

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