Cherry Bars with Almond Drizzle

🧂 Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups UNBLEACHED all-purpose flour

  (bleached flour toughens baked goods)
• 1 1/2 sticks butter

  cold, unsalted
• 1/8 tsp. sea salt
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 1/3 cup UNBLEACHED all-purpose flour

  (bleached flour toughens baked goods)
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1/2 cup sour cream
• 1/8 tsp. sea salt
• 2 cups fresh cherries

  pitted and diced (measure after dicing fruit)
• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 2 tbsp. half-and-half

  or 5 tbsp. heavy whipping cream
• 1 tsp. almond extract

Instructions

• 1 Stir flour, salt and granulated sugar together in a medium mixing bowl.
• 2 Add butter and cut in with a pastry blender until well blended.
• 3 Reserve 1 cup crumbs.
• 4 Pour remaining crumbs into a greased 9x13” baking dish and press down firmly.
• 5 Bake at 350° for 15 minutes.
• 6 Top with filling and reserved crumbs and bake an additional 50-55 minutes or
  until filling ingredients are set.
• 7 Cool completely before adding almond drizzle.
• 8 Whisk eggs, flour, granulated sugar, sour cream and salt together.
• 9 Gently fold in cherries.
• 10 Pour cherry mixture over top of baked crust layer.
• 11 Sprinkle filling layer with remaining cup of reserved crumbs.
• 12 Bake at 350° for 1 hour or until set.
• 13 Cool completely before adding almond drizzle.
• 14 Combine ingredients in a small mixing bowl with whisk.
• 15 After bars have cooled 15 minutes, drizzle icing over top of Cherry Bars with a
  fork.

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