Fruit Filled Cookie Bars

I had a difficult fourth dimension coming upwards amongst a cite for this delicious treat. It is non just a cake, but it's a niggling soft to survive a cookie. It does remind me a niggling of i of those big soft cake-y saccharide cookies, but don't forget it has a juicy fruit filling too, thence what category does it actually autumn into?  Answer: Yummy Category!!

Usually, we merely consume these out of hand, but they are also dainty plenty for fellowship if you lot serve them amongst a scoop of H2O ice cream!! Either agency they are difficult to vanquish amongst a tall drinking glass of milk or a hot loving cup of tea.

1/2 cup butter (room temperature)
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 1/2 cups flour
1 teaspoon vanilla
14 ounce tin fruit pie filling (see note)

Cream butter, saccharide as well as vanilla together until real good mixed. Add the eggs, i at a time, beating good inwards betwixt each egg.

Add flour as well as vanquish until good mixed, as well as then allow the dough sit down for nearly v minutes.

Press 3/4 of the dough into a lightly greased 9" x 9" pan (I role a (9" springform pan).  Make the exterior border merely a niggling deeper than the balance of the crust (this volition assistance proceed the fruit away from the border of the pan).

Top amongst fruit filling (see note) as well as and then drib niggling bits of the balance of the reserved dough on transcend of the fruit filling.

Bake inwards a pre-heated 375 oven for 35-40 minutes depending on how hot your oven runs. My electrical oven takes 37 minutes.

Let cool for a spell as well as then drizzle amongst a vanilla frosting glaze.

Cool as well as shop covered.

NOTES:

Any habitation made or commercial fruit filling volition function good inwards the recipe, but I propose that if you lot role a commercial pie filling, that you lot jazz it upwards a little. Example: if you are using cherry pie filling, add together 1/4 teaspoon of almond extract, if you lot are using apple tree pie filling, chop them upwards a niggling as well as add together a niggling to a greater extent than cinnamon as well as nutmeg or perchance a few raisin? Use your imagination.

You tin double the ingredients as well as bake it inwards a 9" x 13" pan for 40-45 minutes.  Either way, role the toothpick exam to brand certain its done inwards the middle.