Treasure Bars
By: Anonymous
Published: Monday, December 21, 2009 - 12:57am

Ingredients




Bars:
2 cups flour
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 1/4 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup margarine
3/4 cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 eggs
1 cup chocolate chips
1 cup maraschino cherries (drained and chopped)
1 cup salted peanuts (chopped)
Icing:
2 cups confectioners’ sugar
2 tablespoons margarine (softened)
2 tablespoons milk
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
Glaze:
1/2 square melted baker’s chocolate

Preparation

1 Heat oven to 350°. Grease and flour a jelly roll pan. 2 Combine flour, brown sugar, baking powder, salt, margarine, milk, vanilla and eggs unrtil thoroughly mixed. 3 Stir in chocolate chips, maraschino cherries, and salted peanuts. 4 Spread in the greased pan and bake 25-30 minutes. 5 Prepare icing by mixing confectioners’ sugar, margarine, milk and vanilla until smooth and creamy. 6 Spread icing over warm bars. Drizzle melted chocolate. Cool and cut into bars. 7 Makes 3 dozen. Do not freeze, store in an airtight container.

About


Here is the recipe for my all-time favorite bar cookie recipe. I first tasted this cookie about 12 years ago. Bev, the ultimate church lady, made these super delicious bars for a church function. You know the type; retired older widow who cooks up a storm with recipes that are out of this world. I immediately fell in love with this cookie.
Bev would not share this recipe. I had asked her friends. They told me that she never shared the recipe. Apparently, I was not the only one enamored with the glorious cookie. About 5 years ago, Bev decided it was time to pass on her recipes. She gave me this one knowing my love of the cookie. She always had a Ziploc bag of them for me in church when she made them.
This recipe is in honor of Bev. I love her so and her cooking even more! She loves her church and is a devoted parishioner who gives herself selfishly to the church. I hope that you enjoy this cookie as much as I do.