Ingredients

For the Bars:

• 1 1/2 cups butter, softened
• 3 cup granulated sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 5 large eggs
• 1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
• 5 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 2 cans (21 oz.) cherry pie filling

For the Glaze:

• 1 cup confectioner’s sugar
• 3 tablespoons milk

How To Make Cherry Bars

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line a jelly roll pan (12×17) with aluminum foil. Spray with nonstick spray. Set apart.inside the bowl of your stand mixer, cream together butter and sugar, approximately 1-2 minutes. add salt, eggs, and vanilla and almond flavorings and preserve stirring till absolutely included.

upload flour and baking powder and blend till simply combined. Reserve 1 3/four cup of dough. unfold/Press closing dough into the organized baking pan. pinnacle with cherry pie filling. Drop remaining batter in small pieces over the cherry filling.location inside the oven and bake for fifty-60 minutes or till golden brown.

cast off from the oven and location pan on a cord rack to cool completely. as soon as cooled prepare the glaze. Whisk collectively confectioners’ sugar and milk until smooth and drizzle over the bars. cut into 35 squares and serve.