Cherry Cream Cheese Crumb Bars



4 cups flour
1/2 tsp salt
1 1/2 cups sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 1/2 cups butter, softened
1 can cherry pie filling

Cream Cheese Filling
8 0z cream cheese, softened
1/3 cup sugar
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla

1. Take the butter out of the fridge to soften (do NOT melt) on the counter.
2. Combine the flour, salt, white sugar and brown sugar in a bowl.
3. Cut the butter into the dry ingredients. The butter should not be melted. What we’re going for here are crumbs. You can either do this with a wooden spoon, or you can do what I do, and use your hands to crush it all together.
4. Take 1 cup of the crumb mixture and mix it with the cherry pie filling.
5. Preheat the oven to 350 F and grease and flour a 9×13 baking pan. Take 1/2 of your remaining crumb mixture and press it into the bottom of the pan. Bake for 10 minutes.
6. Remove the crust from the oven, pour in the cherry mixture, then top the pie filling with the cream cheese filling and spread the rest of the crumbs on top. Put it back in the oven for another 45 minutes. When it’s done, the top should be a beautiful golden brown. Cool by putting the pan on a wire rack so air can circulate around it. Cut into bars after they’ve completely cooled, if you can resist it. It’s a great idea to refrigerate the bars so they set a bit more.


Recipe Source:
http://wwwbunnysovencom.blogspot.com/2009/02/cherry-crumb-cream-cheese-bars-and.html

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