Easy Cherry Pie Filling Dessert
My grandma used to make the best homemade cherry pie. Nothing could ever come close to her pie. Tender, buttery, and perfectly sweet. However, I’m not a pie-maker and prefer the ease of dessert bars like my blueberry pie bars and these cherry pie bars. They’re perfect for all of us non-pie-makers! There’s a tender, soft, buttery shortbread crust topped with cherry pie filling before being baked and glazed. There’s almond extract in both the bars and the glaze, which adds the most heavenly flavor. The cherry and almond extract combination is absolutely perfect and reminds me of my favorite Cherry Bread with Cherry-Almond Glaze. It’s a great recipe for parties, events, and holiday celebrations because the recipe makes a large amount. They’d be great for a Valentine’s Day, Christmas, or Fourth of July party with the red and white colors popping through.
What’s in Cherry Pie Bars?
To make the cherry almond bars, you’ll need:
Unsalted butter Granulated sugar Salt Large Eggs – Let the eggs come to room temperature for easy mixing Vanilla extract Almond extract – If you love almond extract, up the amount in the dough to 1/2 teaspoon. I don’t recommend adding any more than that though, because almond extract is potent All-purpose flour Canned cherry pie filling – If you have the time, you can use homemade cherry pie filling. I’ve only made this recipe as written, but I bet you could use another fruit pie filling such as apple or berry if preferred Confectioners’ sugar (powdered sugar) Milk
How to Make This Cherry Pie Bars Recipe
This is hands down one of my favorite recipes using cherry pie filling! Faster than making a homemade pie, the steps are simple and virtually failproof. Here’s an overview of the process:
More Easy Cherry Desserts:
ALL OF MY CHERRY RECIPES! Tried this recipe? Leave a review! Consider leaving a 5 star rating if you’ve made and loved one of my recipes! Triple Chocolate Cherry Cake — Loaded with juicy cherries and topped with an easy homemade chocolate frosting. This is yet another cherry pie filling dessert, but this cake tastes completely homemade! Mini Cherry Oreo Cheesecakes – EASY mini cheesecakes loaded with cherries and an Oreo cookie crust! The hit of your Valentine’s Day party! Another of my favorite recipes using cherry pie filling! Sweet Soft Cherry Bread with Cherry-Almond Glaze – An easy quickbread that’s perfect for Valentine’s Day, Easter, or Mother’s Day! Because you can never have too much pink! Glazed Cherry Bonbon Cookies — Soft, buttery, pink cookies with the surprise of a juicy, sweet maraschino cherry in the middle that also helps keep the cookies moist! Maraschino Cherry White Chocolate Cookies – Super soft buttery cookies stuffed with white chocolate and cherries! Perfect for Valentine’s Day! Chocolate Chip and Cherry Blondies – Fruit for dessert takes on new meaning with these easy bars! Cherry Cream Pie – An old-fashioned pie with homemade scratch crust topped with NO-BAKE layers of sweetened cream cheese along with juicy cherry pie filling! If you like cherry pie, you’re going to LOVE this amped-up version!
