Fruitful Party Squares

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 24
• 1 cup raisins, preferably golden
• 1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 1/2 cup slivered almonds
• 1/2 cup red maraschino cherries or 1/2 cup green maraschino cherry, drained and chopped
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/3 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
• 1 1/2 cups lightly packed brown sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350f (180c). lightly spray a 9x13-in. (3-l) baking dish with oil. place raisins, chocolate chips, almonds and cherries in a bowl. measure out flour. remove 2 tbsp (30 ml) flour and stir into raisin mixture.
• 2 in a small bowl, stir remaining flour with baking powder and salt. in a large bowl, using an electric mixer on medium, beat butter with sugar until mixed, 2 minute beat in eggs one at a time, then vanilla. gradually beat in flour mixture until evenly mixed. using a wooden spoon, stir in raisin mixture until evenly distributed. turn into prepared dish. smooth top.
• 3 bake in centre of oven until top turns golden, 35 to 40 minute remove to a wire rack and cool completely, then cut into squares. (they will be easier to cut if refrigerated overnight first.)
• 4 if making ahead, store in an airtight container and refrigerate up to 1 week or freeze up to 2 months.