Quick and Easy Cherry Bars
A delicious but easy recipe with a beautiful pop of red. My cherry bars can be made quickly and everyone loves the cake-like consistency. It has that cherry flavor that will satisfy your cherry pie craving!
Servings: 24 pieces
Calories: 175Kcal
Ingredients
Cake mix
- 1 box yellow cake mix
- ½ cup vegetable oil
- ½ cup water
- 1 ½ teaspoon vanilla
- 2 large eggs
- 1 can cherry pie filling 20 oz size
Icing drizzle
- 3 teaspoons milk
- ½ teaspoon vanilla
- 1 cup powdered sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 Fahrenheit
- Spray 15 x 10 x 1 pan. I then put parchment paper on the bottom and then spray the parchment paper.
- Mix cake mix, vegetable oil, water vanilla and eggs. You can either use a hand mixer or give it a really good stir.
- Set aside about ¾ cup of cake dough
- Spread the rest of the cake dough on the pan. It is a thin layer.
- I have started gently mushing the cherries. My kids have found the odd pit in the canned cherries.
- Gently spread the cherry filling over the dough layer
- Using a tablespoon, drop the dough you've set aside onto the cherry filling
- Gently spread your 'dough drops'.
- There should be gaps so you can see the cherry filling.
- Bake 25-30 minutes. Check with toothpick for doneness.
- Cool for about 1 hour
- Mix powdered sugar, 3 teaspoon milk and vanilla. Drizzle on the cherry coffee cake.
- I cut this into 24 good sized pieces.
Notes
Canned Cherry Tip
Occasionally, canned cherries might have a pit in them. I usually just use a fork and gently squeeze the cherries. Usually, this is an easy way to find the random cherry pit.Storage
This can be left on the counter for up to a day or two. If keeping longer, cover or wrap and refrigerate. If freezing, make sure to wrap well. I've had it frozen for up to 2 months. When thawing, allow to warm up on the counter at room temperature. It gets a little soggy if using the microwave.Nutrition (I am not a nutritionist. These are estimates only)
Serving: 1square | Calories: 175Kcal | Carbohydrates: 30g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 6g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 16mg | Sodium: 168mg | Potassium: 43mg | Fiber: 0.4g | Sugar: 14g | Vitamin A: 74IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 52mg | Iron: 1mg