{"id":4978,"date":"2025-10-30T12:35:44","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T12:35:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/storyzone24.com\/?p=4978"},"modified":"2025-10-30T12:35:45","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T12:35:45","slug":"cherry-pie-bars-recipe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/storyzone24.com\/?p=4978","title":{"rendered":"Cherry Pie Bars Recipe"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Ingredients:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>1 cup (225g) unsalted butter, softened<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2 cups sugar<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>4 large eggs<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1 tsp vanilla extract<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1 tsp almond extract (optional but <em>amazing<\/em>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>3 cups all-purpose flour<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1 tsp salt<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1 (21 oz \/ ~600g) can cherry pie filling (or any pie filling you love)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Powdered sugar for dusting (optional)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Instructions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Preheat oven<\/strong> to 350\u00b0F (175\u00b0C). Grease a 15&#215;10-inch baking pan or line it with parchment paper.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In a large bowl, <strong>cream together butter and sugar<\/strong> until light and fluffy (about 2-3 minutes).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Add eggs<\/strong> one at a time, beating well after each addition. Stir in <strong>vanilla and almond extracts.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gradually <strong>add flour and salt<\/strong>, mixing just until combined.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Spread \u2154 of the batter<\/strong> evenly into the prepared pan. It\u2019ll be thick \u2014 use a spatula.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Spoon cherry filling<\/strong> evenly over the batter.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Drop remaining batter<\/strong> by spoonfuls over the cherry layer \u2014 it doesn\u2019t need to cover it perfectly.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Bake<\/strong> for 30\u201335 minutes or until the top is lightly golden brown.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Cool completely<\/strong> before cutting into squares. Sprinkle with powdered sugar if you want that bakery look.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udca1 <strong>Tip:<\/strong> Try with blueberry, apple, or raspberry filling too \u2014 every version tastes unreal.<br>\ud83d\udd25 <strong>Storage:<\/strong> Keep in an airtight container at room temp for up to 3 days (if it even lasts that long).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ingredients: Instructions: \ud83d\udca1 Tip: Try with blueberry, apple, or raspberry filling too \u2014 every version tastes unreal.\ud83d\udd25 Storage: Keep in an airtight container at room temp for&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3087,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4978","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/storyzone24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4978","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/storyzone24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/storyzone24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/storyzone24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/storyzone24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4978"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/storyzone24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4978\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/storyzone24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3087"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/storyzone24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/storyzone24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/storyzone24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}