Chocolate Chip Cherry Bars with Cream Cheese Frosting
These slightly chewy cookie bars have plenty of dried cherries and chocolate chips baked inside with decadent layer of cream cheese icing on top. They also freeze quite well for holiday baking.
Course
Cookies
Prep Time20minutes
Cook Time40minutes
Total Time1hour
Servings2dozen squares or bars
AuthorBarry C. Parsons
Ingredients
½cupbutter
1cupbrown sugar
1egg
1tspvanilla extract
1cup+ 3 tbsp flour
1tspbaking powder
1/8tspbaking soda
1/2cupdark chocolate chips
1/2cupdried cherrieschopped
For the Cream Cheese Frosting
1/2cupcream cheese
1tspvanilla extract
2 1/2cupsicing sugar
Instructions
Cream the butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy.
Add the egg and vanilla extract and beat well.
Sift together the flour, baking powder and baking soda.
Add dry ingredients to the creamed mixture, folding to combine well. Fold in the chocolate chips and chopped dried cherries.
Spread in a parchment lined 9 inch square baking pan and bake for 35-40 minutes at 350 degrees F. (325 for glass bake ware) Remove from oven and cool thoroughly before frosting and cutting.
To prepare the Cream Cheese Frosting
Simply beat all of the ingredients together on low speed until smooth. Add a few drops of milk if the frosting seems to thick to spread easily.