Sherrie's Pie Filling Bars
The recipe is easy and the results are a great dessert that you can whip up quickly for a picnic or a sweet to take to a party.
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 2 cups sugar
- 4 pc. eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/4 tsp almond extract
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 qt apple pie filling or filling of your choice
Glaze for the top:
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/2 tsp almond extract (I used vanilla)
- 2 Tbs milk
Instructions
- 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.
- Grease a 15x10x1 pan or 9x13, whichever one you decide to use. Spread 3 cups batter in a 15x10x1 (Batter will be spread thinly)(Also works with 9x13- baking time will at least be 35 minutes) Spread with pie filling. Drop remaining batter on top of pie filling.
- Bake at 350 for 30-35 minutes or until toothpick comes clean. Cool on wire rack. Combine glaze ingredients and drizzle over the bars.
- From Sherrie: These are amazing with any kind of filling, cherry, strawberry, or cheese Danish** are really good.