Of VENN Diagrams and Death

About a year ago I was asked to make a VENN diagram of fruit and veg I like, am allergic to, and that I don’t like. In the allergic and don’t like section was cherries. Yay me! Sometimes I am thankful when I’m allergic to things I don’t like, that makes it easier… but that also means Andy does not get anything cherry at home. He hosted a meeting at our house and was determined to bake everything! He wanted to make plain ol’ cherry pie until I dug up this recipe – which honestly looks delicious – but you know… death and breathing and things… I offered to bake – but he insisted he do it. These baked up beautifully and well, Nicholas now calls them breakfast bars. They were a hit! Oh and Andy really likes them too!

Cherry Pie Bars

1 cup butter softened
2 cups sugar
4 eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/4 tsp almond extract
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp salt
2 21 ounce cherry pie filling

Glaze
1 cup powdered sugar
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 tsp almond extract
2 Tbs milk

Instructions
Cream together butter and sugar. Add eggs and beat well. Beat in extracts.
In a separate bowl combine flour and salt. Add to the creamed mixture. Mix until combined.
Grease a 15x10x1 pan or 9x13, whichever one you decide to use. Spread 3 cups batter in a 15x10x1 (Also works with 9x13- baking time will at least be 35 minutes. Spread with pie filling. Drop remaining batter on top of pie filling.
Bake at 350 for 30-35 minutes or until toothpick comes clean. Cool on wire rack. Combine glaze ingredients and drizzle over the bars.