Cherry Pie Bars Recipe

Who here loves cherry pie?  Is there anyone who doesn't love this dessert?  I can't imagine! 

It is one of my favorite pies to make and devour!  Today I made a delicious summer dessert to share with you.  This is a Cherry dessert that I call Cherry Pie Bars and I think that it is a perfect dessert for a summer BBQ or potluck. 

The cherry pie bars are made with a cherry pie filing and have almond flavoring in the crust and glaze on top.  I love the cherry and almond flavor combination, I could eat the entire pan alone.  They are really yummy for breakfast too!  Maybe not healthy, but yummy! 

This recipe makes a huge pan of cherry dessert bars so you will have plenty for a large gathering or to share with neighbor friends if you don't eat them all yourself first. 

You can find the recipe for the Cherry Pie Bars below! 

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How to make Cherry Pie Bars

Ingredients

1 cup butter, softened
2 cups sugar
4 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
¼ teaspoon almond extract
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 (21 ounce) cherry pie filling 2 if you like cherries a lot

Glaze
1 cup powdered sugar
½ teaspoon vanilla extract
½ teaspoon almond extract
2 Tbs milk

Instructions

1. Cream together butter and sugar.  Add eggs and beat well.  Beat in extracts.
2. In a separate bowl combine flour and salt.  Add to the creamed mixture.  Mix until combined.
3. Grease a 15x10x1 pan and Spread 3 cups batter in.  Spread with pie filling.  Drop remaining batter on top of pie filling.
4. Bake at 350 for 30-35 minutes or until toothpick comes clean.  Cool on wire rack.  Combine glaze ingredients and drizzle over the bars.

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This cherry dessert is my favorite summer dessert option but it is delicious any time of year!  I hope you give it a try! 

Other Cherry Recipes

Cherry Fruit Magic Dessert

Oatmeal Cherry Cookies

White Chocolate Cherry Shortbread Cookies

5 Comments

  1. glaze,top,& filling were fine BUT my bottom crust was soggy. Is it suppose to be like cake or did I make that layer too thick? I think next time I will bake the bottom for 10 minutes then put filling on and top crust before I put it in for 35 minutes.

  2. Well perfect because I just made some cherry pie filling- YUM!!! Already ate half of it through- guess I will have to just make more.

  3. Oh MAN Chrissy! These look heavenly! Thanks for sharing....These are on the short list! ~Tammy

  4. These are delicious!!! I had them at Chrissy's before and I didn't realize they were so easy to make. Thanks for sharing your recipe.l

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