Cherry Nut Bars
photo by Marg (CaymanDesigns)
- Ready In:
- 40mins
- Ingredients:
- 8
- Serves:
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48
ingredients
- 2 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 2 cups quick oats
- 1 1⁄4 cups butter, melted
- 1 1⁄2 cups sugar
- 21 ounces cherry pie filling
- 1⁄2 cup pecans, Chopped
- 1 cup mini marshmallows
directions
- In large mixing bowl, mix flour, oats, sugar, pecans, baking soda and butter.
- Mix at low speed until crumbly.
- Reserve 1 1/2 cups of mixture for topping; press remainder into bottom of 9 x 13-inch baking pan.
- Bake at 350°F 12-15 minutes.
- Spoon pie filling evenly over crust.
- Sprinkle marshmallows and remaining crumbs over top.
- Return to oven 25 to 35 minutes more, or until topping is golden.
- Cut into bars when cool.
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Reviews
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We thought these were good, but I made a big oops in making them....I somehow managed to leave out the nuts! So I guess mine were really just cherry bars. I used 1/2 brown sugar and 1/2 white sugar since others had mentioned them not being very sweet. I agree, they are not REALLY sweet like most things I make, but they do have a very good taste. The crust is fantastic and overall we enjoyed these bars. Thanks Marg!
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Tweaks
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These were so delicious! I used twice the amount of pie filling (shame on me) because...well...i just wanted more filling! So I used cherry on one half and peach filling on the other. I used walnuts instead of pecans and used splenda for part of the sugar. Both flavors were good, but I preferred the cherry more. Although, I do believe blueberry, raspberry, or apple-cinnamon would have all been good choices as well. The peaches were just a little to mild for the goodness of the oat-nutty-shortbread crust. I think splenda would have worked fine for all of the sugar and I even could have gotten away without the marshmallows I think. I will most definitely be making this again!! The entire pan was gone when I woke up this morning!
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Marg (CaymanDesigns)
United States
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