Cherry Lemon Squares

Ingredients:

• 1 cup butter
• 1 ½ cups sugar
• 4 eggs, beaten well
•  2 cups flour
• 1 tsp. vanilla extract
• 1 tsp. lemon extract
• 1 can cherry pie filling
• Powdered sugar

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350F.
2. Cream butter and sugar. Add the other ingredients and mix well.
3. Spread batter into a greased 15x10 inch pan.
4. Cut in 28 squares. In center of each square spoon equally the contents of one can cherry pie filling.
5. Bake for 45 minutes.
6. Sprinkle with powdered sugar and cool.

Monster Cookie Bars

 

Ingredients:

• 2 1/4 cups flour
• 1 tsp. baking soda
• 1 tsp. salt
• 1 cup butter, softened
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 3/4 cup brown sugar
• 1 tsp. vanilla extract
• 2 pkgs. baking chips (I used what I had in the cupboard - 1/4 pkg. peanut butter chips, 1/4 pkg. cherry chips, 1/4 pkg. white chocolate chips and 1/4 pkg. dark chocolate chips)
• Optional: 1 cup chopped nuts

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 375. Grease a 15x10 inch jelly roll pan. 
2. Combine flour, baking soda and salt in a small bowl. 
3. Beat butter, sugar, brown sugar and vanilla extract in a large bowl. 
4. Add eggs one at a time, beating after each. 
5. Slowly beat flour mixture into butter mixture. 
6. Stir in chips (and nuts).
7. Spread into prepared pan. 
8. Bake 10-15 minutes or until golden brown.

Note: I baked mine for 13 minutes and felt it was a bit over baked for my liking.