Shelly's Cherry Squares

Shelly's Cherry Squares is one of those easy recipes you'll make again and again! Cherry pie filling is nestled in a sweet soft sugar cookie type dough then dusted with powdered sugar. It's a cherry bar cookie recipe from the famous Magnolia Bakery in NYC, and it's a keeper! A recipe from Magnolia Bakery On a recent trip to NYC, I had the pleasure of visiting one of the locations of the very famous Magnolia Bakery We bought six cupcakes to take back home with us....red velvet, chocolate with buttercream, vanilla with buttercream, and coconut.  (They were scrumptious, btw!) While we were at the checkout, my mom spotted the cookbook,  More From Magnolia; Recipes from the World Famous Bakery and Allysa Torey's Home Kitchen  Knowing what a complete sucker I am for a good cookbook, she quickly added it to our order. How to make Shelly's Cherry Squares  I tested one of the recipes in the cookbook over the weekend: Shelly's Cherry Squares. These cherry bars have a soft sugar cookie texture with a puddle of cherry pie filling in the middle. There's not a lot of ingredients in the recipe and they require little effort to make. It is a great recipe for the novice baker! But, it's also a recipe that an experienced baker will love too! To make Shelly's Cherry Squares, the batter is simply mixed up and spread into a prepared 9" by 13" pan. It's then scored with a knife into serving sizes and cherry pie filling is added to the middle of each square. It bakes in a 350 degree oven until it's done, cooled, and then cut into serving sizes following the scoring. Dusted with powdered sugar it makes an easy recipe perfect for potlucks or any occasion you are looking for something a little sweet! cherry squares, cherry bars dessert, cookies American Yield: 24 servings Author: Renee Paj Print With ImageWithout Image Shelly's Cherry Squares prep time: 10 Mcook time: 35 Mtotal time: 45 M Shelly's Cherry Squares is one of those easy recipes you'll make again and again! Cherry pie filling is nestled in a sweet soft sugar cookie type dough then dusted with powdered sugar. It's a cherry bar cookie recipe from the famous Magnolia Bakery in NYC, and it's a keeper! ingredients: 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar 4 large eggs, at room temperature 1 tsp. pure vanilla extract 2 cups all-purpose flour 1 1/2 cups canned cherry pie filling confectioner's sugar for dusting instructions: How to make Shelly's Cherry Squares Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and lightly flour a 13 x 9- inch baking pan. In a large bowl, on the medium speed of an electric mixer, cream the butter with the granulated sugar until smooth, about 2 minutes. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add the vanilla. Add the flour and mix thoroughly. Spread the dough evenly in the prepared pan. With a small, sharp knife, score into twenty-four 2-inch squares. Place a tablespoon of cherry pie filling ( each containing several cherries ) on each scored square. Bake for 30 -35 minutes, or until a cake tester inserted in the center of the pan comes out clean. Allow to cool to room temperature, then sprinkle with confectioner's sugar before cutting and serving Calories 168.37 Fat (grams) 4.74 Sat. Fat (grams) 2.67 Carbs (grams) 29.49 Fiber (grams) 0.37 Net carbs 29.12 Sugar (grams) 17.45 Protein (grams) 2.22 Sodium (milligrams) 15.35 Cholesterol (grams) 41.17 Nutritional Information is an estimate Copyright © 2010 Renee's Kitchen Adventures Created using The Recipes Generator If you love Shelly's Cherry Squares, you might enjoy these easy to make sweet cherry treats too!  Chocolate Cherry Cake Michigan Cherry Amaretto No Churn Ice Cream Cherry Almond Cake Note: This recipe for Shelly's Cherry Squares first appeared on Renee's Kitchen Adventures in November 2010. I've updated the post to include more information and republished it because it's an excellent recipe. If you've visited this page before, the recipe hasn't changed from the original post.