Prep Time: 10 minutes Cook Time: 40 minutes Total Time: 50 minutes
Ingredients
For the bars:
1 cup butter softened
2 cups sugar
1 teaspoon salt
4 eggs
3 cups all purpose flour
3/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
3/4 teaspoon almond extract
2 cans cherry pie filling
cooking spray
For the glaze:
1 cup powdered sugar
1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 teaspoon almond extract
2 tablespoons milk
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Coat a 10″ X 15″ jelly roll pan with cooking spray.
- place the butter, sugar and salt in the bowl of a mixer. Beat until fluffy, 2-3 minutes.
- Add the eggs, one at a time, beating after each addition.
- With the mixer on low speed, slowly add the flour. Stir in the vanilla and almond extracts.
- Spread 2/3 of the dough evenly over the bottom of the pan.
- Spread the pie filling over the dough.
- Place teaspoon sized dollops of dough all over the surface of the pie filling.
- Bake for 30-40 minutes or until golden brown. Cool completely in the pan.
- To make the glaze, whisk together the powdered sugar, extracts and milk. Add more milk, 1 teaspoon at a time, if you prefer a thinner glaze.
- Drizzle the glaze over the bars. Let the glaze harden, then cut into squares and serve.
