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These Cherry Pie Bars are reminiscent of my mom’s delicious cherry pie. The filling is made special with cinnamon and almond extract. The crust is a total cheat with packaged sugar cookie dough. BUT, let me tell ya….this cheat WORKS! These are AMAZING!!!! And easy to throw together.

Throw in an egg and this right here is everything that you need….

So we make these fast and dirty…whipping eggs, adding the packaged mix….

…and stirring in melted butter.

Remove about 3/4 – 1 cup of the dough for the topping and set aside.

Press the dough into a baking dish or cookie sheet and it’s done. The recipe is for a 9×9 baking dish…but I am making it for a bigger group here. Make it work in whatever size pan you have available…just bake until the crust is done.

Mix the cinnamon and almond extract into the canned cherry pie filling and spread it over the dough.

Break the dough you saved for the topping into pieces an sprinkle all over.

***I forgot to double the amount of dough I saved out here….so the topping is a little sparse. I’m sure you won’t make that mistake.

Throw it in to bake…I just check the center with my finger to make sure it’s cooked. There is probably a better way to check but that’s what I do.

 

Let them cool and cut them up.

ABSOLUTELY DELICIOUS!!!!