Love cherries? Make these sweet and easy bars.
Cherry-Almond Bars
- Prep Time 15 min
- Total 1 hr 50 min
- Servings 24
- Ingredients 12
Ingredients
Bars
- 1 jar (10 ounces) maraschino cherries
- 1 cup Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened
- 1/4 cup powdered sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup sliced almonds
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1/4 cup Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
Almond-Cherry Glaze
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon almond extract
- 2 to 3 teaspoons reserved maraschino cherry juice
Make With
Gold Medal Flour
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 350°F. Drain cherries, reserving juice for Almond-Cherry Glaze. Chop cherries; set aside. In medium bowl, mix 1 cup flour, the butter and 1/4 cup powdered sugar with spoon. Press in ungreased square pan, 9x9x2 inches. Bake about 10 minutes or until set.
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Step2In medium bowl, beat eggs with fork. Stir in cherries and all remaining Bar ingredients. Spread over baked layer.
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Step3Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until golden brown. Cool completely, about 1 hour.
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Step4Meanwhile, mix all Almond-Cherry Glaze ingredients until smooth and thin enough to drizzle. Drizzle cooled bars with glaze. For bars, cut into 6 rows by 2 rows. Cut each bar diagonally in half to form triangles.
Nutrition
135
Calories
7g
Total Fat
2g
Protein
17g
Total Carbohydrate
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Bar
- Calories
- 135
- Calories from Fat
- 65
- Total Fat
- 7g
- 0%
- Saturated Fat
- 3g
- 0%
- Cholesterol
- 30mg
- 0%
- Sodium
- 45mg
- 0%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 17g
- 0%
- Dietary Fiber
- 1g
- 0%
- Protein
- 2g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 2%
- 2%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 2%
- 2%
- Iron
- 2%
- 2%
Exchanges:
1 Starch; 0 Fruit; 0 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1 Fat;Tips from the Betty Crocker Kitchens
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