Cherry Pie Bars with Buttermilk Glaze
Cherry Pie Bars with Buttermilk Glaze is made from an easy homemade soft butter cake and topped with canned cherry pie filling with a drizzled buttermilk glaze.
Ingredients
- 2 cups granulated sugar
- 1 cup 2 sticks unsalted butter, room temperature
- 1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt
- 4 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/4 teaspoon almond extract
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 21 ounce cans cherry pie filling
- glaze
- 2 cups powered sugar
- 1 tablespoon melted butter cooled
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
- 3 to 4 tablespoons buttermilk
Instructions
- Cream softened butter, sugar, and salt with a electric mixer until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes.
- Add eggs, one at a time, and beat after each addition.
- Mix in extracts.
- Gradually mix in flour.
- Reserve 1/3 of the dough.
- Spread remaining 2/3s of the batter evenly in a buttered 10x15 rimmed baking sheet.
- Spread pie filling evenly over batter.
- Drop remaining batter by teaspoonfuls onto pie filling.
- Bake approximately 40 minutes or until golden brown.
- Remove pan from oven and place on a wire rack. Cool completely.
- make the glaze:
- Add powdered sugar, melted butter, and extracts to a small bowl. Stir together. Add buttermilk, one tablespoon at a time, until the desired consistency is reached.
- Drizzle over bars.
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