cherry squares

Recipe by
Carolyn Haas
Whitewater, WI

I was recently at a local cherry orchard and they had these delicious bars for sale. The bar was so good, that I asked the owner about how to make it and she sent me this recipe. Thanks to Jamie at Steffen's Cherry Orchard, Whitewater, WI.

yield 10 -12
prep time 10 Min
cook time 45 Min
method Bake

Ingredients For cherry squares

  • 1/2 lb
    butter (2 sticks)
  • 2 c
    sugar
  • 1 tsp
    vanilla
  • 1 tsp
    almond extract
  • 4
    eggs
  • 3 c
    flour
  • 3 c
    cherry pie filling

How To Make cherry squares

  • 1
    Cream butter and sugar. Add extracts. Beat in one egg at a time. Add flour.
  • 2
    spread half of batter into a jelly roll pan (approx. 12x17 inches)
  • 3
    Cover batter with cherries. Put dollops of remaining batter on top of the cherries. Bake 45 minutes at 350ºF.
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