Old Fashioned Cherry Bars: 12 Sweet Nostalgic Treats
Old Fashioned Cherry Bars are a delicious and classic dessert that features a buttery base topped with a sweet and colorful cherry mixture.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 60 minutes
- Total Time: 70 minutes
- Yield: 12 bars 1x
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
- Diet: Vegetarian
Ingredients
Scale
- 250 grams all-purpose flour
- 30 grams icing sugar (powdered sugar)
- 227 grams unsalted butter
- 330 grams firmly packed brown sugar
- 300 grams glacé cherries, cut in quarters
- 4 large eggs
- 80 grams fine cut dried coconut
- 5 millilitres vanilla extract
- 110 grams chopped pecans (optional)
Instructions
- Lightly grease a 23 x 33 cm baking pan and line with parchment paper. Preheat oven to 175°C.
- Combine the flour, icing sugar, and butter in a bowl. Rub the butter through the mixture by hand until the texture resembles coarse crumbs, or pulse in a food processor until crumbly.
- Press the crumb mixture evenly into the base of the prepared pan. Bake for 20 minutes, or until edges just begin to brown. Remove from oven.
- In a large bowl, whisk together brown sugar, eggs, vanilla extract, dried coconut, glacé cherries, and chopped pecans (if using) until well combined.
- Spread the cherry mixture evenly over the pre-baked base. Return pan to oven and bake for 25–30 minutes, until the topping is set and lightly golden.
- Allow to cool completely in the pan. Lift out with parchment, then cut into bars or squares for serving.
Notes
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 bar
- Calories: 250
- Sugar: 20g
- Sodium: 50mg
- Fat: 12g
- Saturated Fat: 7g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 35g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 3g
- Cholesterol: 70mg
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