Cherry Pie Bars

🧂 Ingredients

• 3 cups UNBLEACHED all-purpose flour

  (bleached flour toughens baked goods)
• 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
• 1/4 tsp. sea salt
• 3 sticks unsalted butter

  chilled (1 1/2 cups)
• 3 cups cherries

  pitted, halved
• 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
• 4 large eggs
• 1 cup sour cream
• 1 dash sea salt
• 1 tsp. almond extract
• 3/4 cup UNBLEACHED all-purpose flour

  (bleached flour toughens baked goods)

Instructions

• 1 Stir granulated sugar, salt and flour together in a large mixing bowl.
• 2 Cut in butter with a pastry blender until coarse crumbs form.
• 3 Measure out 1 ½ cups of ingredients for topping and set aside.
• 4 Press remaining ingredients into the bottom of a greased 9x13” glass baking
  dish.
• 5 Bake at 350° for 12-15 minutes or until lightly browned.
• 6 Whisk eggs in a large mixing bowl.
• 7 Whisk in granulated sugar, sour cream, salt, almond extract and flour to
  combine.
• 8 Gently fold in cherries until combined.
• 9 Pour cherry mixture over hot crust.
• 10 Sprinkle with remaining 1 ½ cups crumb mixture.
• 11 Bake an additional 55-65 minutes or until set.
• 12 Cool at least one hour before cutting into bars.

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