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Cherry Pie Bars

Name: Cherry Pie Bars
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 45 min
Ingredients: 1 cup butter (softened); 2 cups sugar; 4 eggs; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 1/4 teaspoon almond extract; 3 cups all-purpose flour; 42 ounces cherry pie filling ((2 cans of pie filling), you can use just 1 if you need to ); 1 cup Powdered sugar; 1 teaspoon almond extract; 2 Tablespoons milk (add more, as needed to get desired consistency)

by Melissa Burnell | 14 Comments This post may contain affiliate links, see Disclosure.November 23, 2022May 31, 2020

Cherry cloud bars are light, fluffy cloud-like cakes bursting with delicious cherry pie filling and lightly glazed. These bars are simple to throw together and are great for sharing at any gathering with family and friends.

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I love the colors and flavor of cherries and they add such a bright festiveness to any holiday or gathering. Cherry pie filling tends to go on sale during the fall months, particularly around Thanksgiving and again in the spring near Valentines’ day.

We usually take advantage of these sales and stock up to have a few cans on hand for easy, last-minute desserts or snacks.

For this particular recipe, you’ll want to use a jelly roll baking sheet. Jelly roll pans measure 10″x 15″ and are shallow in depth. Jelly roll pans hold 10 cups of batter.

To give you an idea of the difference a normal baking sheet pan measures 12″x 18″, which holds 16 cups of batter.

This is a versatile recipe and if you’d like, you can swap out the cherries for any flavor pie filling and create blueberry bars, apple pie bars, raspberry pie bars, or even lemon meringue bars.

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Cherry Pie Bars

You’ll Need:
1 cup of butter, softened (but not completely melted)
2 cups of sugar
4 eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp almond extract
3 cups all-purpose flour
2 cans of cherry pie filling (can use just 1 if you need to)

Preheat oven to 350°F
In a mixing bowl, cream your butter, sugar- add eggs, vanilla, and almond extract, beating well to mix. Add flour and salt, mixing well.
Spread half of the batter in a jelly roll baking sheet that has been sprayed with non-stick cooking spray, Spoon the pie filling over the batter; then randomly drop tablespoons remaining batter over the pie filling (*do not mix the pie filling INTO the cake)
Bake for 30-35 min or until your toothpick comes out clean

Glaze the Top:
If you wish to add a glaze mix 1 c. Powdered sugar, 1 tsp almond extract, 1-2 Tablespoons milk, and drizzle over the baked bars after they have completely cooled.

Using homemade cherry pie filling, as opposed to commercially canned cherry pie filling will result in darker colored bars.

Small Batch Cherry Pie Bars

If you’d like to downsize this to an 8″x8″ pan Here are the ingredients you’ll need:

1/2 cup of butter, softened (but not completely melted)
1 cup of sugar
2 eggs
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp almond extract
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 can of cherry pie filling

Preheat oven to 350°F
In a mixing bowl, cream your butter, sugar- add eggs, vanilla, and almond extract, beating well to mix. Add flour & salt, mixing well.
Spread half of the batter in an 8″x8″ baking pan.
Spoon the pie filling over the batter, randomly drop tablespoons remaining batter over the pie filling (*do not mix the pie filling INTO the cake)
Bake for 30-35 min or until your toothpick comes out clean.