Cherry Pie Bars
Sweet sugar cookie crust topped with cherry filling and glazed with a powdered sugar icing.
Servings
Prep Time
24-26
people
10
minutes
Cook Time
40
minutes
Servings
Prep Time
24-26
people
10
minutes
Cook Time
40
minutes
Ingredients
Cherry Pie Bars
1
cup
butter
room temperature
1
cup
shortening
3 1/2
cups
sugar
3
teaspoons
baking powder
1
teaspoon
salt
6
eggs
2
teaspoons
almond extract
6
cups
flour
1
21 ounce
cherry pie filling
(if you like extra filling add more.)
Powdered Sugar Icing
1 1/2
cups
Powdered sugar
1/2
teaspoon
almond extract
4
tablespoons
milk
plus more for desired consistency
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees and lightly grease cookie sheet. Or you can line it with tinfoil for easier clean up.
In a bowl with mixer, combine butter and shortening.
Add sugar, followed by baking powder and salt and continue mixing.
Add eggs and almond extract and mix until well combined, scraping down the sides of bowl as needed.
Add flour and mix until combined.
Set aside about 3 cups of dough for topping. Evenly spread remaining dough in the bottom of the cookie sheet.
Bake for about 12 minutes.
Remove cookie sheet from oven and top with cherry pie filling then dot filling with remaining dough. I did one inch balls in a checkered pattern.
Bake for about 30 minutes or until top is a light golden brown.
While cherry pie bars are cooling, prepare powdered sugar icing.
After ten minutes of cooling, drizzle powdered sugar icing over the cherry pie bars.
Let cool completely and then cut.
Enjoy!
Recipe Notes
Recipe: www.number-2-pencil.com Cherry Pie Bars aka Cherry Kuchen Bars