Cherry-Cobbler Bars

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Title: Cherry-Cobbler Bars
Categories: Cookies
Yield: 18 servings

1 1/2 c All-purpose flour
1/2 ts Baking powder
1/2 c Butter or margarine; room
-temp
1 c Confectioner's sugar
1 lg Egg
1 ts Lemon peel; freshly grated
1 cn Cherry pie filling/21 oz
For garnish:
Confectioners' sugar

Heat oven to 350~ F. Grease an 11x7-inch baking pan. Mix flour and
baking powder. In a large bowl, beat butter and confectioners' sugar with
electric mixer until pale and fluffy. Beat in egg and lemon peel. With
mixer on low speed, gradually add flour mixture. Remove 2/3 cup dough.
With floured fingers, pat remaining dough over bottom of prepared pan.
Spread cherry pie filling over dough to edges of pan. Roll reserved dough
into 1-inch ball. Flatten balls slightly and place, evenly spaced, on pie
filling. Bake 30 minutes or until top is golden brown. Cool in pan. Dust
with confectioner's sugar before cutting.

Per bar: 152 cal, 2 g pro, 24 g car, 6 ft, 26 m chol with butter, 12
mg chol with margarine, 72 mg sod. Exchanges: 1/2 starch/bread, 3/4 fruit,
3/4 fat. Source: February 1994 Woman's Day Magazine

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