Recipe: Cherry Coffeecake Bars (using pie filling)

CHERRY COFFECAKE BARS

1 cup butter or margarine, softened
1 1/4 cups sugar
4 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla (or 1/2 tsp. almond flavoring)
3 cups flour
1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. salt
1 (21 oz.) can cherry pie filling (or any flavor)
FOR THE ICING:
1 cup confectioners' sugar
1 tbsp. butter, melted
2 tbsp. milk

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 11x15-inch jelly roll pan or 9x13-inch baking pan.

Cream together butter and sugar. Add eggs and beat well. Add vanilla. Sift together dry ingredients. Mix well into batter.

Put 2/3 of batter in bottom of prepared pan. Spread pie filling over batter. Drop remaining batter over top of filling.

Bake 350 degrees F for 30-40 minutes or until golden brown and cake tests done. Place cake in pan on rack to cool slightly before icing.

TO MAKE THE ICING:
Combine confectioner's sugar and melted butter. Stir in enough milk for the right consistency. Drizzle over slightly cool cake.

Hi Janine,

This recipe looks like it might be the one!

Happy Baking,

Betsy