Cherry Pie Bars aka Cherry Kuchen Bars
Servings 24 -32 bars depending on size cut
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup of room temperature butter 1 stick
- 1/2 cup shortening 1/2 a baking stick
- 1 3/4 cup of granulated sugar
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 3 eggs
- 1 teaspoon almond extract
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 21 oz can of country cherry pie filling
- For powdered sugar icing:
- 1 cup of sifted powdered sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon of almond extract
- 1 tablespoon of milk plus more to adjust consistency as needed
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees and set aside a 15x10 inch baking pan. Do not grease pan, but line with foil for easier clean up if desired.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer using paddle attachment, combine butter and shortening.
- Add sugar, followed by baking powder and salt and continue mixing.
- Add eggs and almond extract and continue mixing until well combine, scraping down sides of bowl as needed.
- Add flour and mix until combined.
- Set aside 1 1/2 cups of dough for topping. Evenly spread remaining dough in bottom of baking pan.
- Bake for about 12 minutes.
- Top bottom crust with cherry pie filling then dot filling with remaining dough.
- Bake for about 30 minutes or until top is a light golden brown.
- While cherry pie bars are cooling, prepare powdered sugar icing.
- After ten minutes of cooling, drizzle powdered sugar icing over cherry pie bars.
- Let cool completely and cut.