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    Home » Recipes » Desserts » Cookies » Cookie Bars

    Fresh Cherry Cookie Bars

    June 27, 2014 By Brandy 1 Comment

     

    These fresh cherry cookie bars are made with a cake mix cookie dough. Easy to work with, semi-homemade, and full of fresh cherry filling. You can certainly  use canned pie filling, but fresh pie filling is to die for and since we had a bucket of cherries to use up that is the route I took. Switch it up and use any seasonal fruit! My husband's favorite cake mix (actually the only one he will eat!) is cherry chip. So that's what I used, but yellow or white would work too.

    Fresh Cherry Cookie Bars

    Crust:

    1 box cake mix

    ½ c. softened butter

    2 eggs

    1 c. flour

    Filling: (can also substitute 2 cans cherry pie filling)

    4 c. fresh cherries, pitted

    ¼ c. water

    1 ½ T. lemon juice

    ⅓ c. sugar

    3 T. corn starch

    ¼ tsp. almond extract

    Icing:

    1 c. powdered sugar

    2 T. milk

    ¼ tsp. vanilla

    1 tsp. butter

     

    Mix all ingredients in a bowl until dough forms. Press ⅔ of the dough into an ungreased 9x13 baking pan, pressing evenly. Set remaining dough to the side.  Pierce dough in pan with a fork. Bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes.

    Meanwhile, heat cherries and all of the filling ingredients in a medium sauce pan. Bring to a boil, while stirring. Reduce heat to low and simmer for 10 minutes, stirring frequently.

    Pour cherry filling over the crust.

    Roll out remaining dough ¼" thick and cut with cookie cutters (any shape!).

    Lay the cutouts on top of the filling in any pattern you'd like.  Bake at 350 degrees for 15-18 minutes or until cookie cutouts on top are set.

    To make the icing: melt the butter and mix with the rest of the ingredients until creamy. Add milk 1 tsp. at a time until you achieve desired consistency. Drizzle over warm cookie bars.

    Cool and cut into bars.

    Serve with a glass of cold milk. These would be amazing with peaches too. I love this time of year!

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    About Brandy

    Welcome! I'm Brandy, mother to 5 darling kiddos and a cute black lab named Toby. My husband is in the Coast Guard so we've lived all over the place, turning each house into a home. I love baking, sewing, making cute things with my kids, and sharing what I've learned with all of you!

    Comments

    1. Brandy says

      March 15, 2021 at 2:41 pm

      Hi Stephanie, I have about a dozen posts doing this right now and I have no idea why! I've inquired to the team who helps me with tech issues so hopefully I'll hear back soon! 🙂

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