Cherry Bars

                   

Serving Size: 24 

Ingredients:

1.5 Cups Sugar

1 Cup Butter          

 4 3 Cups Flour           

1.5 tsp. Baking Powder             

 .75 tsp. Salt                    

 1 tsp. Vanilla

1 tsp. Almond Extract

1 Can Cherry Pie Filling

Frosting:

1 Small Can Evaporated Milk            

1 Bag Powdered Sugar                                                                                   

Directions: 

Mix sugar, butter, and eggs together. Mix all the dry ingredients together separately. Then mix both wet and dry all together. After they are all mixed together add the vanilla and almond extract. Put two thirds of the mixture on a baking sheet and then put on the cherry pie filling all over the dough. Put the rest of the dough randomly over the pie filling. Put the oven to 350 and bake for 40 minutes.

Mix the evaporated milk and powdered sugar together for the frosting. Don’t add all of the powdered sugar all at once though. Keep adding some little by little until desired consistency is achieved.

After the bars come out of the oven, let them cool for about 10 minutes and put on the frosting.  It’s best if they sit for at least 4 hours, but the longer they sit, the better. I like to let them sit for at least eight hours.

Recipe from  Hannah Branch