Uncle Bill's Festive Squares

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1 large egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 10 1/2 fluid ounces sweetened condensed milk (chopped)
• 1/4 cup fresh lime juice
• 1/4 cup frozen concentrated orange juice, thawed
• 1 1/4 cups chopped pecans
• 1 1/4 cups shredded sweetened coconut
• 1 1/4 cups red maraschino cherries, quartered
• 1 1/4 cups green maraschino cherries, quartered

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 f degrees.
• 2 cream butter, sugar, egg and vanilla until light and creamy.
• 3 gradually add flour, mixing after each addition until crumbly.
• 4 do not overmix.
• 5 press crumb mixture onto a parchment paper-lined 15 inch x 10 inch baking pan.
• 6 bake in preheated 350 f oven for 5 to 6 minutes; remove from oven and set aside.
• 7 in a mixing bowl, stir together sweetened condensed evaported milk, lime juice, orange juice, pecans, coconut, red and green maraschino cherries.
• 8 spread evenly over prepared crust using a rubber spatula.
• 9 bake in preheated 350 f oven for 25 minutes.
• 10 cool thoroughly on a wire rack and chill before cutting.
• 11 turn the festive squares upside down onto a cutting board.
• 12 remove parchment paper and discard.
• 13 cut cake into squares.
• 14 wrap any unused portion in plastic wrap and refrigerate.