When Mike mentioned that he was having a Thanksgiving pot luck at his work and that he had volunteered me to contribute a dessert, I was pretty excited.
I love using those opportunities to try out new recipes! Although I like cherry flavor, I’m not a huge cherry fan. But when I saw this recipe on Pinterest, these Cherry Pie Bars looked delicious. I tweaked a few ingredients and I think they turned out great – let’s just say that Mike didn’t bring any back home!
Sorry for the paper plate – Mike didn’t want to have to worry about collecting a “cute” dish at the end of the potluck!
Have a great Saturday!
Cherry Pie Bars
Ingredients:
1 cup butter, softened
2 cups sugar
4 eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp salt
1 (21 ounce) cherry pie filling 2 if you like cherries (highly recommend)
Glaze
1 cup powdered sugar
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
2 T milk
1. Cream together butter and sugar. Add eggs and beat well. Beat in extract.
2. In a separate bowl combine flour and salt. Add to the creamed mixture. Mix until combined.
3. Spread 3 cups batter in a 15x10x1 (Also works with 9x13- baking time will at least be 40-45 minutes) Spread with pie filling. Drop remaining batter on top of pie filling.
4. Bake at 350 for 30-35 minutes or longer with a smaller pan, or until toothpick comes clean. Cool on wire rack. Combine glaze ingredients and drizzle over the bars.
*I used non-stick spray before putting down the crust, but I actually think it made it harder to spread the batter…there is enough butter that I don’t think it’s needed (and wasn’t called for in the original recipe).
I even had a few leftover to take to my co-workers (they got prettier packaging!)
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