Cherry Pecan Slices Recipes

CHERRY CHRISTMAS SLICES

Steps:

• Cream butter and sugar. Add egg and vanilla; beat until fluffy. Add flour; mix well. Stir in cherries and pecans. Chill 1 hour. , Shape dough into three 10-in.-long logs; wrap securely and place in a freezer bag. Freeze until ready to bake, or up to 2 months., To bake, cut frozen logs into 1/8-in. slices, and place on ungreased baking sheets. Bake at 325° until edges are golden brown, 10-12 minutes. Cool on wire racks.

AMISH CHERRY PECAN CRUMBLE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350*.
• In a large bowl, mix together the brown sugar, tapioca and nutmeg.
• Add the almond extract, cherries and red food coloring, if using. and combine thoroughly.
• Allow the mixture to stand for 10 minutes, then pour into a 9x13 greased baking dish. Make the topping; in a bowl, combine the flour, sugar, salt and butter with a pastry blender until it resembles coarse crumbs. (This can also be done in a food processor)
• Mix in the chopped pecans and spoon the topping over the cherry mixture, spreading it out evenly.
• Bake the crumble for 1 hour or until it is bubbling and the top is golden.
• Serve slightly warm with heavy cream, whipped cream or ice cream if desired.

QUICK 'N EASY CHERRY PECAN COBBLER

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Combine pie filling and lemon juice in 1 quart baking dish.
• Mix all remaining ingredients in medium bowl.
• Sprinkle over pie filling.
• Bake for 15 minutes or until top is brown and cherries are bubbly.
• Serve warm with vanilla ice cream.

PECAN SLICE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350*.
• Grease an 8 inch square pan.
• BASE.
• Sift together flour, baking powder and salt.
• Cream butter and blend in flour to make a soft dough.
• Spread dough evenly over the base of greased pan.
• Bake for 15 minutes.
• TOPPING.
• In a small saucepan over low heat, melt butter.
• Remove from heat and stir in syrup, brown sugar, beaten egg, vanilla and flour.
• Spread pecans evenly over base.
• Pour topping over pecans.
• Bake an additional 20-25 minutes until topping is set and lightly browned.
• Cool in pan.
• When cool, cut into squares.

CHERRY SLICES

Steps:

• Cream butter thoroughly.
• Add sugar and beat well.
• Add eggs, one at a time, and vanilla.
• Sift flour with baking powder and salt.
• Add sifted dry ingredients gradually, beating well.
• Spread on a large 11x17 inch greased pan, saving a little more than a cup of batter on the side.
• Add almond extract to cherry pie filling, then spread filling to within half an inch from edge of pan.
• Place remaining dough by spoonfuls over filling.
• Bake at 350 degrees for about 45 minutes.
• When cool, sprinkle with powdered sugar.
• Cut into slices or squares before serving.