Festive Cherry Bars
Source of Recipe
BBR
Recipe Introduction
Posted by: hobo3***********These won first place in the Chatelaine cookie contest. I made them and they are really good
List of Ingredients
Base
2 cup flour
1/2 cup icing sugar
1 cup cold unsalted butter
Filling
1/4 cup flour
1/2 tsp each baking powder and salt
2 eggs
1 1/2 cup brown sugar
1 cup finely chopped almonds
3/4 cup maraschino cherries, drained and chopped
Topping
1/4 cup maraschino cherry juice or milk
3 tbsp unsalted butter, room temperature
1/2 tsp almond extract
2 cup icing sugar
Recipe
1. Preheat oven to 350. Spray a 9x13 pan with oil. In a bowl, using a fork, stir flour with 1/2 cup icing sugar. Using a pastry blender or two knives, cut in 1 cup butter until coarse crumbs form. Press over bottom of pan and bake until light golden around edges, 25 to 30 minutes.
2. Meanwhile, in a bowl, stir flour with baking powder and salt, In another bowl, beat eggs, then stir in brown sugar. Gradually stir in flour mixture, then almonds and cherries. Spread over warm base.
Bake in a 350 oven until filling is set, 25 - 30 minutes. While filling is baking, in a small bowl, using an electric beater, beat cherry juice with 3 tbsp butter and almond extract. Gradually beat in 2 cup icing sugar until fluffy. Cool bars, then evenly spread icing over top. Refridgerate at least 2 hours before cutting into bars. Store in an airtight container. Refridgerate up to 1 week or freeze up to 1 month.
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