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June 27, 2014 By Brandy 1 Comment

Home » Recipes » Dessert Recipes » Cake Recipes

Fresh Cherry Cookie Bars

Filed Under: Cake Recipes, Cookie Recipes, Holidays, Home & Garden Projects, Recipes

Cherry Cookie Bars

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

1/2 c. softened butter

2 eggs

1 c. flour

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

4 c. fresh cherries, pitted

1/4 c. water

1 1/2 T. lemon juice

1/3 c. sugar

3 T. corn starch

1/4 tsp. almond extract

Icing:

1 c. powdered sugar

2 T. milk

1/4 tsp. vanilla

1 tsp. butter

 

Fresh Cherry Bars

Mix all ingredients in a bowl until dough forms. Press 2/3 of the dough into an ungreased 9×13 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 1/4″ thick and cut with cookie cutters (any shape!).

Fresh Cherry Cookie Bars

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.

Cherry Bars

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.

Fresh Cherry Cookie Bars 2

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

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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!

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