Chocolate Cherry Jubilees

Yield: 15 servings

Ingredients

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 2 ounces pre-melted baking chocolate flavor or 2 (1 ounce) squares unsweetened baking chocolate, melted
• 1 cup butter, softened
• 1 teaspoon almond extract
• 4 eggs
• 1 (21 ounce) can prepared cherry fruit filling
• 3 tablespoons sliced or slivered almonds
• Confectioners' sugar

Instructions

1. Grease bottom of a 15 x 10 inch jellyroll pan.
2. Lightly spoon flour into measuring cup, level off.
3. Combine flour, sugar, chocolate flavor, butter, almond extract and eggs. Beat 2 minutes at medium speed. Spread in prepared pan.
4. Using about 1 tablespoon per serving, spoon cherry filling in three rows of five over batter. Sprinkle almonds over filling.
5. Bake in preheated 350 degrees F oven for 25 to 35 minutes or until top springs back when touched lightly in center. (Do not over-bake.)
6. Cool.
7. Dust with confectioners' sugar.

Notes

Self-rising flour is not recommended.