Cherry Mash Bars Recipes

CHERRY BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, cream butter, sugar and salt until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in extracts. Gradually add flour., Spread 3 cups dough into a greased 15x10x1-in. baking pan. Spread with pie filling. Drop remaining dough by teaspoonfuls over filling. Bake 35-40 minutes or until golden brown. Cool completely in pan on a wire rack., In a small bowl, mix confectioners' sugar, extracts and enough milk to reach desired consistency; drizzle over top.

CHERRY MASH BARS

Steps:

• Combine sugar, butter or margarine, salt and half and half in saucepan. Boil on high heat for about 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Stir in marshmallows and cherry chips.
• Spread in 8 or 9" square pan which has been lined with parchment or wax paper.
• Melt chocolate with peanut butter in a small pan over low heat, stirring occasionally.
• Stir in peanuts. Spread evenly over cherry layer.
• Let set in refrigerator. Cut into 1" squares with warm sharp knife (hold under hot water and then dry before cutting).

CHERRY MASH BARS

Steps:

• Combine sugar, milk, salt, marshmallows, and margarine in saucepan over medium heat. Boil 5 minutes. Remove from heat, add cherry chips and vanilla. Pour into buttered 9 X 13 pan. Melt chocolate chips in double boiler; add peanut butter and crushed peanuts. Spread over cherry mixture and chill.

CHERRY MASH BARS

Steps:

• Line an 8x8 or 9x9 inch square pan with waxed paper.
• In a medium saucepan, combine butter, sugar, salt and half and half. Heat until boiling, stirring occasionally. Boil for 5 minutes, stirring enough to keep from scorching. Remove from heat and stir in the marshmallows, and cherry chips. Press the mixture into the prepared pan.
• In the microwave or in a metal bowl over a pan of simmering water, melt chocolate chips, and peanut butter together stirring frequently until smooth. Spread over the mixture in the pan. Refrigerate for 2 hours before cutting into squares.

GURLEY'S SWEET CHERRY MASH BARS

Steps:

• In a 2-quart saucepan, boil sugar, milk, butter, marshmallows, and salt for 5 minutes, stirring constantly. Remove from heat.
• Add cherry chips, vanilla, and half of the Spanish peanuts. Spread in an ungreased 9x13" pan.
• In saucepan over very low heat, combine chocolate chips, peanut butter, and the remaining peanuts. When melted, pour evenly over first layer. Cool and cut into 1 1/2" squares.

CHERRY MASH BARS

Steps:

• Boil sugar, milk, butter and marshmallows for five minutes, stirring constantly.
• Remove from heat.
• Stir in cherry chips, half of peanuts.
• Spread in 9 x 13 pan. Allow to cool.
• Melt chocolate chips.
• Add peanut butter and remainder of peanuts.
• Spread on top of cherry layer.
• Chill, then cut into slices.
• Instead of using a 9 x 13 pan, you can also make these in individual minature or regular size cupcake papers.
• Use teaspoon to drop in cherry layer then chocolate layer.