CHERRY BARS

If you need a dessert on the double-up, these cherry bars may just be your answer. The bars taste great. The crust is rich and buttery and the tartness of the cherries complement and offset the richness.

You probably have everything you need to make this right on your shelf and refrigerator! But if you don’t have cherry pie filling, then any other fruit flavor will do!

There’s also no complicated shaping or decorating. All you do is pat the dough in the pan, bake it a bit, then spread the pie filling on top and drop mounds of the reserved dough on top. The nuts are optional and so is the icing if push came to shove, but the icing does make it taste great if you flavor it with almond!

INGREDIENTS

• ½ cup butter, softened
• ½ cup shortening
• 1¾ cups sugar
• 1½ teaspoons baking powder
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 3 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 21 ounce cans cherry pie filling (see NOTES)
• ½ cup sliced almonds, optional
• Icing:
• 1½ cups confectioner's sugar
• ¼ teaspoon vanilla or almond extract
• 3 - 4 teaspoons milk

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
2. In a large mixing bowl beat butter and shortening with an electric mixer on medium speed for 30 seconds.
3. Add sugar, baking powder, and salt. Mix until combined, scraping sides of bowl occasionally.
4. Beat in eggs, one at a time, and vanilla until combined.
5. ...........................

for full instruction please see : bakeatmidnite.com

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