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Glazed Cherry Pie Bars

🍒🥧❤️ Just like your favorite cherry pie but way easier! A no-roll crust with juicy cherries and topped with a sweet glaze! Perfect for parties, events, and holidays!

Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
10 mins
Additional Time
45 mins
Total Time
1 hr 30 mins
Servings: 15 servings
Calories: 528 kcal
Course: Baked Goods
Cuisine: American

Ingredients

Bars
  • 1 cup unsalted butter softened
  • 2 cups granulated sugar
  • ½ teaspoon salt or to taste
  • 4 large eggs
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • ¼ teaspoon almond extract or 1/2 teaspoon if you love almond extract
  • 3 cups all-purpose flour
  • two 21-ounce cans cherry pie filling
Glaze
  • 1 ¼ cups confectioners’ sugar sifted if yours is particularly lumpy
  • ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
  • ½ teaspoon almond extract
  • 2 to 3 tablespoons milk as necessary for consistency

Instructions

Bars:
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  1. Preheat oven to 350F. Spray a 15x10x1-inch jelly roll pan with cooking spray; set aside. Optionally, line the pan with a sheet of foil and spray with cooking spray. The advantage is you can lift the bars out by the foil and cut them more neatly on a cutting board.
  2. To the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment (or large bowl and handheld electric mixer), add the butter, sugar, salt, and beat on medium-high speed until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Stop and scrape down the sides of the bowl.
  3. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Stop and scrape down the sides of the bowl.
  4. Add the extracts and beat on medium-high speed to incorporate, about 30 seconds.
  5. Gradually add the flour and beat on medium-low speed to incorporate, about 1 minute.
  6. Turn about 75% of the dough out into a prepared pan and spread with a spatula to create a smooth, even, flat layer. It’s sticky, tacky, and requires some patience, but just keep spreading and finessing it into the corners.
  7. Add the pie filling and spread to evenly distribute leaving a 1/4-inch bare margin from edges of pan. It spreads while baking and trying to prevent filling from sticking to sides of pan is advised so it doesn’t burn.
  8. Drop remaining dough by 2-teaspoonfuls over pie filling. It’s very sticky and I find it easiest to use a 2-tablespoon cookie scoop  filled about halfway. The dough will spread together somewhat as the bars bake.
  9. Bake for 35 minutes, or until dough on top and around the edges is very lightly golden brown.
  10. Allow bars to cool completely in pan on a wire rack.
Glaze:
  1. To a medium bowl, add the confectioners’ sugar, extracts, and enough milk to reach desired consistency.
  2. Evenly drizzle glaze over the bars and serve immediately.

Notes

  • Storage: Bars will keep airtight at room temp for up to 5 days, noting crust will soften as time passes. I like the bars at room temp but my family enjoys them chilled. They will keep in the fridge airtight for up to 1 week or in the freezer for up to 3 months.
  • Adapted from Taste of Home.

Nutrition Information

Serving 1serving Calories 528kcal (26%) Carbohydrates 78g (26%) Protein 11g (22%) Fat 19g (29%) Saturated Fat 10g (50%) Polyunsaturated Fat 2g Monounsaturated Fat 6g Trans Fat 1g Cholesterol 274mg (91%) Sodium 187mg (8%) Potassium 208mg (6%) Fiber 1g (4%) Sugar 37g (74%) Vitamin A 894IU (18%) Vitamin C 3mg (3%) Calcium 55mg (6%) Iron 3mg (17%)

Nutrition Facts

Serving: 15servings

Amount Per Serving

Calories 528

% Daily Value*

Serving 1serving
Calories 528kcal 26%
Carbohydrates 78g 26%
Protein 11g 22%
Fat 19g 29%
Saturated Fat 10g 50%
Polyunsaturated Fat 2g 12%
Monounsaturated Fat 6g 30%
Trans Fat 1g 50%
Cholesterol 274mg 91%
Sodium 187mg 8%
Potassium 208mg 4%
Fiber 1g 4%
Sugar 37g 74%
Vitamin A 894IU 18%
Vitamin C 3mg 3%
Calcium 55mg 6%
Iron 3mg 17%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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