Dream Squares
CATEGORIES
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INGREDIENTS
  • Cooking Time: 45
  • Preparation Time: 15
  • 1 cup sifted flour
  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 2/3 cup sweetened condensed milk
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla
  • 1 1/2 cup coconut
  • 1/2 cup chopped nuts
  • 1/2 cup candied cherries
DIRECTIONS
  1. Mash together butter, flour and brown sugar
  2. and press into an 8 inch square pan.
  3. Bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes.
  4. Topping:
  5. Drizzle sweetened condensed milk over bottom and spread nuts, cherries and coconut on top and bake for 15 minutes.
RECIPE BACKSTORY
This is a sinfully delicious Christmas square recipe. Thanks Mom. My Mom would make batched of these along with other squares and cookies and freeze them. Knowing this, along with my dad, there were several family members who snuck down to the basement to steal some.