PASTRY:

1 c. flour
1/2 c. butter
3 tbsp. powdered sugar
1/4 tsp. salt

FILLING:

2 eggs, slightly beaten
1 c. sugar
1/4 c. flour
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. salt
1 tsp. vanilla
1/2 c. coconut
3/4 c. nuts
1/2 c. maraschino cherries, quartered

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix flour, butter, powdered sugar and salt until smooth. Spread thin with fingers in 8-inch square pan. Bake about 25 minutes.

Stir filling ingredients into eggs and spread over top of baked pastry (no need to cool) and bake additional 25 minutes. Cool and cut into bars.