Cherry Streusel Bars

Name: Cherry Streusel Bars
Yield: Makes twenty-four 2-inch squares
Ingredients: 2 1/2 cups (12 1/2 ounces), all-purpose flour; 2/3 cup (4 2/3 ounces), granulated sugar; 1/2 teaspoon, salt; 16 tablespoons, unsalted butter, cut into 1/2-inch pieces and chilled; 2 cups (9 ounces) frozen, sweet cherries, thawed; 1 cup, cherry preserves; 2 teaspoons, lemon juice; 1/4 teaspoon, almond extract; Pinch , salt; 1/2 cup (1 1/2 ounces), old-fashioned rolled oats; 1/2 cup, slivered almonds, chopped; 1/4 cup packed (1 3/4 ounces), brown sugar; 2 tablespoons, unsalted butter, cut into 1/2-inch pieces and softened

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Appears in Cook's Country June/July 2017

Desserts or Baked Goods

Fruit

Fruit Desserts

We wanted a three-layer cookie bar without three times as much work.

SERVESMakes twenty-four 2-inch squares

TIME1½ hours, plus 20 minutes cooling

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

To streamline these three-layer bars, we made one dough and used it for both the base and the streusel topping (for which we stirred in a couple of crunchy additions). We found that the best cherry flavor came from a mixture of frozen cherr...

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