Shelly's Recipe

Cherry Bars

Category: Bars

Crust
1/2 cup butter
1 cup flour
2 tsp confectioners sugar

Filling
2 eggs
1/4 cup flour
1/2 tsp each baking powder and salt
1 cup chopped nuts
1 cup maraschino cherries, drained and halved

Topping
1 (8 oz) pkg cream cheese, room temperature
1 1/2 cups confectioners sugar
1/2 tsp vanilla
2 tsp almond extract
1/2 cup uncooked oatmeal

Preheat oven to 350. Cream together crust ingredients and press into an 8" square pan. Bake for 8 minutes or until lightly browned.

Combine filing ingredients and spread over crust and bake for 30-40 minutes more. Remove from oven and cool.

Combine topping ingredeints and spread over filling when it is cooled. Chill and cut into bars.

NOTE: If you want the cream cheese layer to be creamy and smooth, the uncooked oatmeal can be left out.