Cherry Cheese Bars Food

CHERRY CREAM CHEESE BARS

Steps:

• Begin by preheating your oven to 350 degrees F.
• With a stand mixer, cream together the butter, sugar, and salt until light and fluffy. Add the eggs one at time. Beat well after each addition. Then, put in the vanilla and almond extract. Finally, gradually add in the flour and baking powder.
• Spread about 2 1/2 cups of this batter into a greased 15x10x1-inch baking sheet. (I found it easiest to use an offset spatula greased with a little cooking oil to spread out the batter.)
• In a medium-size bowl, beat together cream cheese, sugar, and egg. Add this on top of the first layer of batter. Then, spread out the cherry pie filling.
• Drop the remaining batter by spoonfuls over the filling. Bake about 35-40 minutes or until golden brown. Cool in pan on a wire rack.
• Once the bars are cool, in a small bowl mix together confectioners' sugar, extracts, and enough milk to reach a drizzling consistency. Drizzle over the top.

CHERRY CHEESE BARS

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.

CHERRY CHEESECAKE BARS

Steps:

• Set oven to 350 degrees.
• Set oven rack to the second lowest position.
• Grease a 13x9-inch or an 11x7-inch pan (the cheesecake mixture will be higher if made in the 11x7-inch pan, but will bake out just as well, I actually prefer to bake the cheesecake in that size pan) baking pan.
• In a medium size bowl, mix the flour and brown sugar until blended.
• Cut in the 1 cup butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs (I do mine on the food processor).
• Add/mix in coconut, oats and chopped pecans or walnuts; stir until well mixed.
• Press the mixture into the bottom of prepared baking dish (this might be a bit "fiddly" as the mixture will be very crumbley, don't worry if there are small areas in the pan that you did not cover, it will all spread out when baking).
• Bake for 20 minutes, or until crust is lightly browned.
• Cool on wire rack for 10-15 minutes.
• Meanwhile, to make the topping, in another bowl, beat cream cheese, sugar, eggs, vanilla and lemon peel with an electric mixer until blended and smooth (about 5 minutes).
• Pour over crust, and spread evenly.
• Bake for 40-45 minutes, or until center is set.
• Cool completely in pan on a wire rack.
• Spread with fruit filling over cooled cheesecake.
• Cover pan and refrigerate for a minumum of 6 hours (or overnight).
• Cut into 18 bars.

CHERRY CHEESECAKE BARS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Spray 13x9-inch pan with cooking spray. In large bowl, place cookie mix. Cut in butter, using pastry blender (or pulling 2 table knives through mix in opposite directions), until mixture looks like coarse crumbs. Reserve 1 1/2 cups of the crumb mixture for topping. Press remaining mixture in bottom of pan. Bake 10 minutes. Cool.
• Meanwhile, in large bowl, beat cream cheese, sugar, flour, vanilla and egg with electric mixer on medium speed until smooth. Spread cream cheese mixture evenly over partially baked crust. Spoon cherry pie filling evenly over cream cheese layer.
• In small bowl, mix reserved 1 1/2 cups crumb mixture and the almonds. Sprinkle over pie filling.
• Bake 40 to 45 minutes or until light golden brown. Cool 30 minutes. Refrigerate about 2 hours or until chilled. Cut into 6 rows by 4 rows. Store covered in refrigerator.

CHEERY CHERRY CHEESE BARS

Steps:

• 1. Heat oven to 350°F. Grease a 13x9x2-inch pan. *Or line pan with foil and spray pan for easy removal and cutting later. 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 into 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. Cut into 2 x 1 1/2" bars or small squares for parties ir cookie trays.

EASY CHERRY CHEESECAKE BARS

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.

CHERRY 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.