Cherry Cheese Bars Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Coat bottom and sides of a 9x13-inch baking pan with cooking spray.
• Pour cookie mix into a large bowl. Cut in butter until mixture is crumbly and coarse. Reserve 1 1/2 cups crumb mixture; press remaining crumbs into the bottom of the prepared baking pan.
• Bake crust in the preheated oven for 8 minutes. Remove partially baked crust and leave oven on.
• Beat cream cheese, sugar, egg, flour, and vanilla extract together in a bowl using electric mixer on medium speed until smooth.
• Spread cream cheese mixture evenly over the partially baked crust. Spread cherry pie filling over cream cheese mixture. Sprinkle reserved crumbs on top.
• Bake in the preheated oven until light golden brown on top, about 35 minutes. Cool about 30 minutes. Refrigerate to chill, about 2 hours. Cut into 16 to 20 bars.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, cream butter, sugar and salt until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in extracts. Gradually add flour., Spread 3 cups dough into a greased 15x10x1-in. baking pan. Spread with pie filling. Drop remaining dough by teaspoonfuls over filling. Bake 35-40 minutes or until golden brown. Cool completely in pan on a wire rack., In a small bowl, mix confectioners' sugar, extracts and enough milk to reach desired consistency; drizzle over top.

Steps:

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

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C).
• In a large bowl, cream together butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the egg and almond extract. Combine the flour and salt; stir into the creamed mixture until well blended. Mix in 1/2 cup of the cherries. Press the dough into an ungreased 9x13 inch baking pan. Sprinkle with remaining cherries and crushed candies. Press in lightly.
• Bake for 30 to 35 minutes in the preheated oven, or until edges are lightly browned. Cool completely in the pan before icing. To make the icing, mix together the confectioners' sugar and water until a drizzling consistency is reached.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F.
• Grease a 13x9x2-inch pan.
• Coarsely chop 1/2 cup nuts for the topping. Set aside.
• Finely chop remaining 1/2 cup nuts.
• Combine flour and brown sugar. Cut in shortening until fine crumbs form. Add finely chopped nuts and coconut.
• Remove 1/2 cup of this mixture and set aside.
• Press remaining crumbs in bottom of pan. Bake at 350°F for 12-15 minutes until edges are lightly browned.
• Beat cream cheese, sugar, eggs, and vanilla at medium speed until smooth. Spread over hot, baked crust. Return to oven and bake 15 minutes longer.
• Spread cherry pie filling over cheese layer.
• Combine reserved nuts and reserved crumbs. Sprinkle over cherries. Return to oven and bake 15 minutes more. Cool. Refrigerate several hours.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350*.
• Cream butter, brown sugar till well combined.
• Blend in flour and almonds till mixture is crumbly.reserve 1 cup loosely packed crumbs for topping.
• Press remaining mixture into bottom of ungreased 8" square pan.
• Bake 12-15 minutes till crust is golden.
• Remove from oven and cool slightly while doing filling.
• Spread cherry preserves over crust and cover with cheese filling.
• Sprinkle reserved crumbs evenly over filling.
• bake 25 minutes longer.
• cool and cut into bars.
• CHEESECAKE FILLING:.
• combine all ingredients and beat till smooth.

Steps:

• In a mixing bowl, cream the butter, brown sugar, and flour together; mix well.
• Reserve 1/2 cup crumb mixture; press remaining mixture into an 8 inch square baking pan.
• Bake in a 350 degree oven for 10-12 minutes; cool.
• In a mixing bowl, beat cream cheese, sugar, egg, and lemon juice until fluffy (1-2 minutes).
• Stir in cherries.
• Spread filling over cooled crust.
• Sprinkle reserved crumb mixture over top.
• Bake at 350 for 18-20 minutes or until the filling is set and top is lightly browned.
• Cool and store in the refrigerator.

Steps:

• Combine crushed wafers, brown sugar, and butter in a food processor; pulse until mixture comes together. Press into the bottom of a 9x13-inch baking pan to make the crust.
• Beat cheesecake pudding mix gradually into the whipped topping until smooth. Spread evenly over the crust.
• Spread cherry pie filling over the whipped topping layer. Cover and refrigerate until flavors combine, 8 hours to overnight. Cut into bars.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F
• Spray bottom and sides of 13x9-inch pan with cooking spray.
• Place cookie mix in large bowl.
• Cut in butter and 4 oz cream cheese, using pastry blender or fork, until mixture is crumbly.
• Reserve 1 1/2 cups mixture for topping.
• Press remaining mixture in bottom of pan.
• Bake 12 minutes.
• Meanwhile, in large bowl, beat 20 oz cream cheese, the sugar, flour, almond extract and eggs with electric mixer on medium speed until smooth.
• Spread cream cheese mixture evenly over partially baked cookie base.
• Spoon pie filling evenly over cream cheese mixture.
• Sprinkle with reserved topping and almonds.
• Bake 40 to 45 minutes or until light golden brown.
• Cool 30 minutes.
• Refrigerate about 2 hours or until chilled.
• For bars, cut into 6 rows by 4 rows.
• Store covered in refrigerator.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Mix first three ingredients together until well blended, avoid getting it too warm or it will be hard to handle.
• Press into a 9" x 13" pan and bake for 15 minutes.
• Beat the eggs and add the sugar, brown sugar, flour and baking powder.
• When combined, add fruit and mix.
• Pour cherry mixture over crust in pan and bake for 45 minutes.