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Buttery cherry pie bars with a soft crust, gooey cherry filling, and sweet vanilla glaze.
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Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Calories: 360
Ingredients Equipment Method Nutrition Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
  • 2 cups granulated sugar
  • 4 large eggs
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 0.5 tsp almond extract (optional)
  • 3 cups all-purpose flour
  • 0.5 tsp salt
  • 21 oz cherry pie filling
  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • 3 tbsp milk
  • 0.5 tsp vanilla or almond extract

Equipment

  • mixing bowl
  • Baking Pan
  • whisk

Method
 

  1. Preheat oven and prepare a baking pan.
  2. Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
  3. Beat in eggs, vanilla, and almond extract if using.
  4. Mix in flour and salt just until combined.
  5. Press two-thirds of dough into pan and spread cherry filling on top.
  6. Drop remaining dough over filling.
  7. Bake until lightly golden and set.
  8. Cool completely, then drizzle with glaze and slice.

Nutrition

Calories: 360kcalCarbohydrates: 52gProtein: 4gFat: 16gSaturated Fat: 9gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 4gCholesterol: 85mgSodium: 140mgPotassium: 110mgFiber: 1gSugar: 34gVitamin A: 10IUVitamin C: 2mgCalcium: 4mgIron: 8mg

Notes

Cool completely before slicing for clean bars.

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