Cherry Bar Dessert

Cherry Bar Dessert. Want something simple by special? Try these festive fruit-filled bars from Jane Kamp of Grand Rapids, Michigan. With their pretty color from cherry pie filling and subtle almond flavor, they’re destined to become Christmas classics.

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Ingredients

• 2 cans (21 ounces each) cherry pie filling
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/4 teaspoon almond extract
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 4 Eggland’s Best Eggs
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 cup butter, softened

Glaze

• 2 to 3 tablespoons milk
• 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup confectioners’ sugar

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Instructions

1. to reach desired consistency. Drizzle over top. Yield: 5 dozen.
2. In a small bowl, mix confectioners’ sugar, extracts and enough milk
3. in pan on a wire rack.
4. filling. Bake 30-35 minutes or until golden brown. Cool completely
5. with pie filling. Drop remaining batter by teaspoonfuls over
6. Spread 3 cups batter into a greased 15x10x1-in. baking pan. Spread
7. after each addition. Beat in extracts. Gradually add flour.
8. salt until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well
9. Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, cream butter, sugar and

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Notes