These Cherry Bars are like a piece of delicious cherry pie in an easy to make cherry pie bar. Cherry pie filling, sugar cookie dough double crust and topped with a sweet vanilla drizzle glaze. All baked on a sheet pan and ready in minutes!
Grease or line a 9x13 inch baking pan with parchment paper.
Add the sugar cookie dough mixture, butter, egg, flour, vanilla, and salt to a large bowl and mix until combined.
Take out ¼ of dough and set aside. Press ¾ of dough into the bottom of your prepared pan until it reaches the edges.
Bake in oven for 12-15 minutes or until the edges are lightly brown.
Drop cherry pie filling on top of dough and gently spread to the edges.
Sprinkle the last ¼ of the dough evenly over the cherry filling. It is going to seem sparse, but it will expand as it cooks.
Bake for about 25-30 minutes, covering loosely with aluminum foil after 25 minutes if needed, until golden brown. The sugar cookie topping should take on a matte appearance. Cool completely.