Gourmet Cookie Bouquets Recipe Blog

The cherry fruit filling in these bars make them an excellent choice for holiday gifts. The festive red color and delicious taste will seal their fate making them a treat your family and friends will love for years to come!

Ingredients:

• 1 cup margarine

• 1 3/4 cup sugar

• 4 eggs

• 1 1/2 tsp. baking powder

• 1/2 tsp. salt

• 3 cups flour

• 1 tsp. vanilla

• 1 or 2 – 21 oz. cans of cherry pie filling

Cream together the sugar and margarine. Add eggs one at a time beating well after each addition. Then add baking powder, flour, salt and vanilla. Press 2/3 of the batter in a greased 10x15” pan with sides. Spread the cherry pie filling (one or two cans depending on your tastes) on the batter and then drop remaining dough by teaspoon over top of mix. Bake at 350 degrees for 35 to 40 minutes (until toothpick comes out clean). Remove from oven and cool. Usually, we drizzle our bars with a glaze made from 3/4 cups powdered sugar and 1 Tbsp. milk. Cut into bars and store in an airtight container.

NOTE – blueberry or apple pie filling would work as well.

For more delicious cherry gourmet desserts, try these:

• Tart Cherry Pie Recipe
• Cherry Dumplings
• Cherry Waldorf Gelatin
• Cherry Cheese Mold

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