Dream Bars

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• 18 whole graham wafers (approx.)
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1 cup crushed graham wafer crumbs
• 1 cup chopped walnuts
• 1 cup flaked coconut
• 1/4 cup chopped candied cherry
• 1 1/2 cups sifted icing sugar
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
• 1/4 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 tablespoon cream (approx.)
• finely-chopped walnuts

Recipe

• 1 lightly butter an 8-inch square cake pan.
• 2 line the bottom with half of the graham wafers, cutting an extra wafer to fill in spaces if necessary.
• 3 combine brown sugar, ½ cup butter and milk in saucepan.
• 4 bring to a full boil.
• 5 remove from heat and add in graham wafer crumbs, nuts, coconut and cherries immediatly.
• 6 spoon over graham wafers in pan while hot.
• 7 top with remaining graham wafers, cutting and extra wafer to fill spaces if necessary.
• 8 press them down firmly.
• 9 combine icing sugar, 2 tablespoons.
• 10 butter, almond extract, vanilla and enough cream to make it a thick icing that is easy to spread.
• 11 ice top of squares and sprinkle with finely-chopped walnuts.
• 12 let stand overnite.
• 13 cut into squares to serve.