cheery cherry cheese bars

Name: Cheery Cherry Cheese Bars
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Ingredients: ## CRUST:; 1 cup - walnut pieces, *divided; 1 1/4 cups - flour; 1/2 cup - firmly packed light brown sugar; 1/2 cup - butter flavor crisco; 1/2 cup - sweetened flake coconut; ## FILLING:; 2 ( 8 oz.) - pkgs. cream cheese, softened (16 oz. total); 2/3 cup - sugar; 2 - eggs; 2 tsp. - vanilla; 1 (21 oz.) - can cherry pie filling, or you can use another flavor if preferred

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Kelly Williams

Forked River, NJ

Updated on Nov 15, 2011

This recipe is chock-full of my favorites! And they are a quick and easy bar to make. They come in handy during the holidays when start running out of time! Very pretty on holiday trays! Enjoy! (photo from bing images)

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prep time 30 Min

cook time 30 Min

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yield Makes 3 dozen

Ingredients

CRUST:
1 cup - walnut pieces, *divided
1 1/4 cups - flour
1/2 cup - firmly packed light brown sugar
1/2 cup - butter flavor crisco
1/2 cup - sweetened flake coconut
FILLING:
2 ( 8 oz.) - pkgs. cream cheese, softened (16 oz. total)
2/3 cup - sugar
2 - eggs
2 tsp. - vanilla
1 (21 oz.) - can cherry pie filling, or you can use another flavor if preferred

How To Make cheery cherry cheese bars

Step 1

Heat oven to 350°F. Grease a 13x9x2-inch pan. *Or line pan with foil and spray pan for easy removal and cutting later. Coarsely chop 1/2 cup nuts for the topping. Set aside. Finely chop remaining 1/2 cup nuts. Combine flour and brown sugar. Cut in shortening until fine crumbs form. Add finely chopped nuts and coconut. Remove 1/2 cup of this mixture and set aside. Press remaining crumbs into bottom of pan. Bake at 350°F for 12-15 minutes until edges are lightly browned. Beat cream cheese, sugar, eggs, and vanilla at medium speed until smooth. Spread over hot, baked crust. Return to oven and bake 15 minutes longer. Spread cherry pie filling over cheese layer. Combine reserved nuts and reserved crumbs. Sprinkle over cherries. Return to oven and bake 15 minutes more. Cool. Refrigerate several hours. Cut into 2 x 1 1/2" bars or small squares for parties ir cookie trays.
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