Recipe

Holiday Brownies

1/2 cup butter
4 squares (1 ounce each) unsweetened chocolate
2 cups sugar
1-1/4 cups all-purpose flour
2 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp salt
4 eggs, beaten
1 tsp vanilla extract
1-1/2 cups halved red and/or green candied cherries, divided
1 cup chopped walnuts (........ I used chopped slivered almonds)

In a heavy saucepan, melt butter and chocolate over low heat. Cool for 10 minutes. In a bowl, combine sugar, flour, cinnamon and salt.Stir in cooled chocolate mixture, eggs and vanilla until smooth. Fold in 1-1/4 cups cherries and the nuts.
Transfer to a greased 13-in x 9-in x 2-in baking pan. Arrange remaining cherries over top. Bake at 350* for 35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack. Cut into bars. Yields: 2 dozen