Cherrypowerbars Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°.
• Put butter and brown sugar in a large mixing bowl.
• Beat with an electric mixer on medium speed 3 to 4 minutes, or until well mixed.
• Combine flour, oats, baking soda and salt.
• Add flour mixture to sugar mixture and beat on low speed until crumbly.
• Spread 2/3 of the oat mixture into the bottom of an ungreased 9 x 13-inch baking pan.
• Press down to make a firm layer.
• Put cherry pie filling in an electric blender or food processor and purée until smooth.
• Pour cherry purée into a medium saucepan.
• Combine granulated sugar and cornstarch and stir into cherry purée.
• Cook, stirring constantly, over low heat until mixture is thick and bubbly.
• Stir in almond extract.
• Pour cherry mixture over oat layer and spread evenly.
• Top with remaining oat mixture.
• Bake 30- 35 minutes or until golden brown.
• Let cool and cut into bars.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Stir in vanilla. Combine flour, baking powder and salt; add to creamed mixture., Spread 3 cups batter into an ungreased 15x10x1-in. baking pan. Spread pie filling over batter. Drop remaining batter by teaspoonfuls over top., Bake 30-35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack. Combine confectioners' sugar, milk and vanilla; stir until smooth. Drizzle over bars.

Steps:

• Cream together butter and sugar. Add eggs and beat well. Beat in extracts. In a separate bowl combine flour and salt. Add to the creamed mixture. Mix until combined.Spread 3 cups batter into a greased 15x10x1-in baking pan (Also works with 9x13 - baking time will be at least 35 minutes). Spread with pie filling. Drop the remaining batter by teaspoonfuls over pie filling. Bake at 350 for 30 to 35 minutes, or until toothpick comes out clean. Cool on wire rack. Combine glaze ingredients, and drizzle over cooled bars.

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.

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 350°F and arrange a rack in the middle. Coat an 8-by-8-inch baking pan with butter; set aside.
• Place oats, almonds, walnuts, wheat germ, coconut, and flax seed meal on a rimmed baking sheet, toss with your hands to combine, and spread in an even layer. Bake, stirring halfway through, until walnuts are light golden brown, about 12 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack. Reduce the oven temperature to 300°F.
• Place honey, brown sugar, measured butter, cinnamon, vanilla, and salt in a medium saucepan over medium-low heat and stir until mixture is smooth and combined and brown sugar has dissolved. Remove from heat and immediately add oat-nut mixture and cherries to the saucepan, stirring until combined. Transfer to the prepared baking pan, spreading the mixture evenly with a spoon.
• When the mixture is cool enough to handle but is still warm, dip your hands in water to prevent sticking and press the mixture evenly and firmly into the pan. Bake until aromatic, about 10 minutes. Place the pan on a wire rack to cool completely.
• Remove the granola slab from the pan. Cut it in half to form two rectangles, then cut each rectangle width-wise into 5 bars to form 10 bars total. Wrap each bar in plastic wrap. Store at room temperature for up to 3 days or freeze for up to 3 weeks; let frozen bars come to room temperature before eating.

Steps:

• PREHEAT oven to 350 degrees.
• COMBINE flour with 1/3 cup brown sugar. Cut in margarine until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Press mixture evenly and firmly onto bottom of ungreased 15 x 10 jelly roll pan or large baking tin. Bake for 15 minutes.
• MEANWHILE, beat egg slightly in large bowl. Stir in remaining 1/3 cup brown sugar and salt. Add nuts cherries and chocolate chips. Toss mixture evenly to coat.
• SPOON this mixture evenly over the baked layer. Press down firmly to adhere layers.
• BAKE an additional 20 minutes.
• COOL and cut into 1 1/2 by 2 inch bars. Do NOT let this cool too much or you will never get them out of the pan in nice pieces.

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:

• Heat oven to 350°. Grease and flour a 13x9-inch pan.
• Combine cake mix, 6 tablespoons butter and 1 cup rolled oats. Reserve 1 cup of this for crumb topping.
• To remaining mixture, add egg; mix well.
• Press into pan. Pour cherry filling over crust; spread to cover.
• In large bowl add remaining 1 cup crumb mixture, 1/4 cup oats, 2 tablespoons butter, nuts, and brown sugar. Mix well. Sprinkle over cherries. Bake 30-40 minutes.

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.