Maraschino Cherry Sugar Cookie Bars with Cream Cheese Frosting

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By Annessa Brady

Maraschino Cherry Sugar Cookie Bars with Cream Cheese Frosting

Name: Maraschino Cherry Sugar Cookie Bars with Cream Cheese Frosting
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 35 min
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 3/4 cup maraschino cherries, finely chopped (about half of a 16oz jar); 3/4 cup soft butter; 1 cup sugar; 2 eggs; 1/2 tsp vanilla; 1/2 tsp almond extract; 2 1/2 cups flour; 1/2 tsp salt; 1/4 tsp baking powder; 4 oz cream cheese, softened to room temperature; 1/4 cup butter, softened; 1/4 tsp almond extract; dash of salt; 2 1/2 - 3 cups powdered sugar

5 steps

Prep:15minCook:20min

Sugar cookie bars loaded with maraschino cherries and topped with cream cheese frosting.

Updated at: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 06:03:48 GMT

Nutrition balance score

Unbalanced

Glycemic Index

Moderate

Glycemic Load

276

High

Nutrition per serving

Calories2622.6 kcal (131%)

Total Fat107.2 g (153%)

Carbs401.6 g (154%)

Sugars278.4 g (309%)

Protein25.4 g (51%)

Sodium1576.7 mg (79%)

Fiber4.2 g (15%)

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Ingredients

2 servings

¾ cupmaraschino cherries

finely chopped, about half of a 16oz jar

¾ cupsoft butter

1 cupsugar

2eggs

½ tspvanilla

½ tspalmond extract

2 ½ cupsflour

½ tspsalt

¼ tspbaking powder

4 ozcream cheese

softened to room temperature

¼ cupbutter

softened

¼ tspalmond extract

salt

2 ½ cupspowdered sugar

Instructions

Step 1

For bars: Drain cherries well. Chop and set aside.

Step 2

Cream butter and sugar in a mixing bowl. Beat in the eggs, vanilla, and almond extract. Add flour, salt, and baking powder. Stir till combined. Fold in the cherries.

Step 3

Press dough into a well greased 9x13" pan. (I like to line mine with foil first.) Bake at 350° for about 20 minutes or till very lightly brown on the edges.

Step 4

Cool bars completely, then frost with cream cheese frosting.

Step 5

Frosting: Beat cream cheese and butter till smooth and creamy. Beat in vanilla, almond extract, salt, and enough powdered sugar to make a spreadable frosting. Spread on bars.

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