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Chocolate Drizzled Cherry Bars




Source of Recipe


Land o Lakes website


List of Ingredients




Crumb Mixture:

2 cups all-purpose flour

2 cups uncooked quick cooking oats

1 1/2 cups sugar

1 1/4 cups Land O Lakes Unsalted Butter, softened

Filling:

1 (21 ounce) can cherry pie filling

1 teaspoon almond extract

Drizzle:

1/2 cup real semi-sweet chocolate chips

1 tablespoon shortening













Recipe



Preheat oven to 350'. Combine all crumb mixture ingred. in a lrg. mixing bowl and beat at low speed with mixer untill it resembles coarse crumbs. (reserve 1 1/2 C.)
Press the reamining into the bottom of an ingreased 13x9" pan. Bake for 15-20 min. or edges are very lightly browned.

Meanwhile, combine all the filling ingred. in the same bowl, mixing well. Spread the filling over the hot partially baked crust. Sprinkle with the reserved crumb mixture and continue baking for another 30 min. or lightly browned.

Melt the chocolate chips and shortening in a 1 qt. saucepan over low heat, stirring constantly, untill smooth-about 2-3 minutes.
Drizzle over the bars. Cool completely and cut into bars or any shape you want.

Makes 36 bars