This recipe is not a recipe that I’ve ever posted on FB before but it’s one of my mom’s recipes that I love. Each year her office celebrates the holidays by taking turns bringing in treats for everyone in the office. Each year my mom brings these in and each year she gives me all the corners. I *love* the corners of bar cookies, brownies and cakes!! Sometimes I’ll arrive home to find a little package in my door of four wrapped corners just for me. 🙂
This Sunday and the next two I will post bar cookie recipes. You can include them on your trays or you can bring them to a party on a tray all their own. Either way, they’re delicious!
CHERRY SQUARES
INGREDIENTS
2 sticks butter or margarine, softened
2 cups sugar
4 eggs added one at a time
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 tsp almond extract
3 cups flour
2 cans cherry (or any other) pie filling
Confectioners sugar for sprinkling on top, when completely cool, for presentation
DIRECTIONS
In large bowl, beat the butter and sugar together.
Add eggs, one at a time.
Add vanilla and almond extracts.
Gradually add the flour til all ingredients are combined.
Spread three quarters of the batter in the pan. My mom uses a greased 11 x 17 cookie sheet pan for hers.
Top with the fruit filling.
Top with remaining batter. (Batter will be thick and not spread easily on top of the filling, so just drop small spoonfuls of it randomly across the top of the filling. It will spread as it bakes.)
Bake at 350 degrees for 40 minutes.
Sprinkle with confectioners sugar and cut into bars for serving.
The Whole bag of Chips 