Name: Quick and Easy Cherry Bars
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Yield: 24
Ingredients: Butter, softened - 1 cup; White sugar - 1 ¾ cups; Eggs - 4; Vanilla extract - 1 teaspoon; All-purpose flour - 2 ½ cups; Baking powder - 1 ½ teaspoons; Salt - 1 pinch; Cherry pie filling - 1 (21 ounce) can

Ingredients for - Quick and Easy Cherry Bars

1. Butter, softened 1 cup

2. White sugar 1 ¾ cups

3. Eggs 4

4. Vanilla extract 1 teaspoon

5. All-purpose flour 2 ½ cups

6. Baking powder 1 ½ teaspoons

7. Salt 1 pinch

8. Cherry pie filling 1 (21 ounce) can

How to cook deliciously - Quick and Easy Cherry Bars

1 . Stage

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13 inch baking pan.

2 . Stage

In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the egg and vanilla. Combine the flour, baking powder and salt; stir into the creamed mixture. Reserve 1 1/2 cups of the dough and spread the rest into the bottom of the prepared pan. Cover this layer evenly with cherry pie filling. Drop the rest of the dough by spoonfuls on top of the cherry layer and spread to cover the best you can.

3 . Stage

Bake for 35 to 40 minutes in the preheated oven, until top is golden. Frost with a confectioners' glaze when cool for sweeter bars. Let cool completely before cutting into bars.