Holiday Cherry Bars

Name: Holiday Cherry Bars
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 40 min
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 stick butter, softened; 1/2 c white sugar; 1/4 c brown sugar; 2 eggs; 1 tsp vanilla extract; 1/2 tsp almond extract; 2 c all purpose flour (or sub 1:1 GF flour!); 1/2 tsp baking soda; 1/4 tsp salt; 21 oz can cherry pie filling (one of my faves is @lucky_leaf_fruit_filling, there's more fruit & no corn syrup); Almond glaze:; 1 c powdered sugar; 1/4 tsp almond extract; 1-2 tbsp milk of choice, until smooth consistency is reached

4 steps

Prep:10minCook:30min

Updated at: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 04:03:02 GMT

Nutrition balance score

Unbalanced

Glycemic Index

Moderate

Glycemic Load

High

Nutrition per serving

Calories359 kcal (18%)

Total Fat10.3 g (15%)

Carbs62.5 g (24%)

Sugars26.5 g (29%)

Protein4.1 g (8%)

Sodium125.2 mg (6%)

Fiber1 g (4%)

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Ingredients

10 servings

1 stickbutter

softened

½ cwhite sugar

¼ cbrown sugar

2eggs

1 tspvanilla extract

½ tspalmond extract

2 call purpose flour

or sub 1:1 GF flour

½ tspbaking soda

¼ tspsalt

21 ozcherry pie filling

can, one of my faves is @lucky_leaf_fruit_filling, there's more fruit & no corn syrup

1 cpowdered sugar

¼ tspalmond extract

1 Tbspmilk

until smooth consistency is reached

Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350F, grease or line a 9x13 square baking pan with parchment paper (can use 8x8 for a thicker bar but they’ll just take longer to bake) & set aside.

Step 2

In a medium bowl, beat together butter, sugar on high until light/fluffy. Add in eggs & extracts then beat again.

Step 3

Add in the remaining dry ingredients & stir until a dough comes together. Remove 1/2 c dough for the topping & set aside. Evenly press remaining dough in the pan, if it’s sticky you can lightly flour your hands to work with it! Top with cherry filling, then evenly drop bits of the reserve 1/4 c dough over top of filling.

Step 4

Bake for 25-30 minutes until the bottom is set & slightly golden on top. Let bars cool completely, then drizzle glaze on top & cut into bars!