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Easy Cherry Bars


  • Author: Vera Zecevic
  • Prep Time: 15 minutes
  • Cook Time: 30 minutes
  • Total Time: 45 minutes
  • Yield: 24 bars 1x
  • Category: Dessert
  • Method: Oven
  • Cuisine: American

Description

What do you think, which dessert have my family and I eaten most times this summer? You will surely think it’s some decadent chocolate cake or a beautiful cupcake… but no, it’s Easy Cherry Bars. These dessert bars made with fresh cherries are so sweet and flaky – you won’t be able to resist them!


Ingredients

  • 2 eggs
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 cup yogurt
  • 1 cup vegetable oil
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 2 cup all-purpose flour
  • 2 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
  • 4 lbs cherries- pitted
  • 34 Tablespoon granulated sugar
  • Sesame seed and powdered sugar for topping-optional

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven at 420F and grease well with oil 9×15 inch baking pan.
  2. Whisk together eggs and sugar just to combine, then add yogurt, oil and vanilla and whisk well.
  3. Stir in flour and baking powder.
  4. Spread half mixture in the pan and cover with cherries. Sprinkle cherries with 3-4 Tbsp. granulated sugar.
  5. Cover cherries with remaining mixture and sprinkle with sesame seed if desired.
  6. Bake about 25-35 minutes or until the toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
  7. Let it cool completely in the pan before you start to cut. Dust with powder sugar before serving