Easy Cherry Pie Bars

From the budget101.com website... My family LOVES these bars! They're easy to make and taste amazing! You can substitute any canned fruit filling.

• Ready In: 50 mins
• Serves: 16
• Yields: 16 bars

Ingredients

• 1  cup butter, softened
• 2  cups sugar
• 4  eggs
• 1  teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄4 teaspoon  almond extract
• 3  cups all-purpose flour
• 2 (21 ounce) cans cherry pie filling
• 1  cup powdered sugar
• 1  teaspoon  almond extract
• 2  tablespoons milk

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350.
2. Grease a 9x13 casserole dish.
3. In a mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar, then add eggs and vanilla. Beat well to mix. Add flour and salt, mixing well.
4. Spread half of the batter into the greased casserole dish, Spoon the pie filling over the batter and spread evenly. Randomly drop tablespoons of remaining batter over the pie filling.
5. Bake for 40 min or until a toothpick comes out clean.
6. Meanwhile, mix powdered sugar, almond extract and milk until smooth. When bars come out of the oven, drizzle the glaze evenly over the bars and cool. Cut into 16 bars and serve.