These maraschino cherry-studded bars certainly fit the bill for a festive treat. You can see from the card that the original recipe calls for an 8" square pan, but I make them in a larger pan and have reduced the baking time from the original to compensate.
Mix flour, butter and icing sugar until well incorporated. Spread and pat into the prepared pan and bake for about 15 minutes, or until set and lightly coloured.
Stir the rest of the topping ingredients into the beaten eggs. Spread over top of the baked pastry base and bake another 22 to 25 minutes, or until the top is lightly browned. Let cool in the pan and then cut into bars the size of your choosing.
Most of my mother's handwritten recipes didn't give a source, but the recipe appears to be the same as the one on the Betty Crocker website. Whether they both came from an earlier source (perhaps a flour company's recipe booklet?) is unknown to me. Either way, I have had at least one reader comment that this is a recipe that they remember from their childhood and had been looking for for years.
Cherry Coconut Bars https://urbancottagelife.com/cherry-coconut-bars/