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Title: Cocoa Bars
Yield: 24 Bars

Ingredients

  ----------------------------------CRUST-----------------------------------
      6 tb butter or margarine -
           -softened
    3/4 c  c and h powdered sugar
      1 c  all-purpose flour
      1 tb milk
 
  --------------------------------TOPPING-----------------------------------
      2    eggs
      1 c  c and h granulated sugar
    1/2 c  cocoa
      2 tb flour
    1/2 ts baking powder
    1/2 ts salt
      1 ts vanilla
    1/4 ts almond extract (optional)
      1 c  chopped almonds or pecans

Instructions

CRUST: Cream together butter and powdered sugar. Blend in 1 cup flour
and milk. Spread evenly in bottom of ungreased 9-inch square pan.
Bake in 350 degree oven 10 to 12 minutes.

TOPPING: Beat eggs slightly; combine dry ingredients and add to eggs.
Blend in vanilla and almond extract; fold in almonds. Spread over hot
baked layer; return to oven and bake 20 minutes longer. Cool; while
warm, cut into 24 bars.

Reprinted with permission from _From our Private Collection_ From the
C and H Sugar Kitchen Electronic format by Karen Mintzias

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