Chewy Cherry Squares

• 1 1/2 cups (182 g) all purpose flour
• 1/3 cup (75 g) firmly packed brown sugar
• 1/3 cup (75 g) butter
• 1/3 cup (50 g) cherry preserves
• 1 cup (228 g) firmly packed brown sugar
• 2 tablespoons (30 mL) butter, softened
• 1 teaspoon (5 mL) vanilla
• 1 egg
• 1 cup (93 g) flaked sweetened coconut
• 1 cup (114 g) chopped pecans

1. Heat oven to 350F (180C) with oven rack in middle.
2. Spray bottom of a 9 x 9-inch (5 x 5 cm) baking pan with nonstick cooking spray.
3. To Make the Crust:
4. Mix flour and brown sugar in a medium bowl.
5. Cut in butter with a pastry blender until mixture resembles coarse crumbs with some pea-sized pieces.
6. Press crust evenly in bottom and slightly up sides of pan.
7. Bake 10 minutes or until edges begin to brown.
8. Spread preserves over the warm crust.
9. To Make the Topping:
10. Beat brown sugar, butter, and vanilla in bowl of a heavy-duty mixer on Medium speed until smooth, scraping down sides of bowl once or twice.
11. Add egg and mix well.
12. Stir in coconut and pecans.
13. Drop topping over the preserves, leaving some preserves uncovered
14. Bake 23 to 28 minutes or until topping is browned.
15. Cool on wire cooling rack.
16. Cut into squares.

flour, brown sugar, butter, cherry preserves, brown sugar, butter, vanilla, egg, coconut, pecans

Taken from www.cookstr.com/recipes/chewy-cherry-squares (may not work)