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Cherry: Cherry-Cobbler Bars

Source of Recipe

Feb. 1994 Woman's Day Magazine


List of Ingredients

1 1/2 cups All-purpose flour
1/2 tsp Baking powder
1/2 cup Butter or margarine -- room temp
1 cup Confectioner's sugar
1 large Egg
1 tsp Lemon peel -- freshly grated
1 can Cherry pie filling/21 oz

For garnish:
Confectioners' sugar


Recipe

Heat oven to 350ºF. Grease an 11x7-inch baking pan. Mix flour and baking powder. In a large bowl, beat butter and confectioners' sugar with electric mixer until pale and fluffy. Beat in egg and lemon peel. With mixer on low speed, gradually add flour mixture. Remove 2/3 cup dough. With floured fingers, pat remaining dough over bottom of prepared pan. Spread cherry pie filling over dough to edges of pan. Roll reserved dough into 1-inch ball. Flatten balls slightly and place, evenly spaced, on pie filling. Bake 30 minutes or until top is golden brown. Cool in pan. Dust with confectioner's sugar before cutting.