{"id":41506,"date":"2021-06-14T12:39:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-14T12:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.halegroves.com\/blog\/recipe\/hale-groves-chocolate-chip-cherry-bars\/"},"modified":"2024-05-27T04:36:09","modified_gmt":"2024-05-27T04:36:09","slug":"hale-groves-chocolate-chip-cherry-bars","status":"publish","type":"cuisine-recipe","link":"https:\/\/www.halegroves.com\/blog\/recipe\/hale-groves-chocolate-chip-cherry-bars\/","title":{"rendered":"Hale Groves Chocolate Chip Cherry Bars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Even the name of these tasty treats sounds sumptuous! Sweet Bing cherries, decadent dark chocolate, a warm and chewy blondie base\u2026this easy-to-make summertime dessert will be the first to disappear at your potluck picnic, so be sure to make plenty.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Ingredients:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>1 c. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.halegroves.com\/sweet-mountain-cherries\/p\/sweetmountaincherries\/\">Hale Groves Sweet Mountain Bing Cherries<\/a>, pitted<\/p>\n<p>\u00bd c. unsalted butter, melted (1 stick)<\/p>\n<p>1 c. light brown sugar, packed<\/p>\n<p>1 large egg<\/p>\n<p>2 tsp. vanilla extract<\/p>\n<p>1 c. all-purpose flour<\/p>\n<p>\u00bc tsp. salt, optional<\/p>\n<p>1 c. semi-sweet chocolate chips<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Directions:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Preheat oven to 350\u00b0 Line 8\u201dx8\u201d pan with foil and spray with cooking spray; set aside.<\/li>\n<li>In a medium microwave-safe bowl, melt butter (about 60 seconds), then add brown sugar; stir to combine. Add egg and vanilla; stir to combine. Add flour and salt and stir until just combined (do not overmix).<\/li>\n<li>Fold in chocolate chips and cherries (you can either half the cherries first or leave them whole) and pour batter into prepared pan, smoothing it lightly with a spatula. Bake until edges begin to pull away from pan slight and center is set (about 27-32 minutes).<\/li>\n<li>Let bars cool for at least 1 hour before slicing and serving. Store in an airtight container at room temperature, in the refrigerator for up to 1 week, or in the freezer for up to 3 months.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31497,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","tags":[270,65,299,271],"cuisine-recipe-category":[55],"cuisine-recipe-course":[],"cuisine-recipe-cuisine":[],"class_list":["post-41506","cuisine-recipe","type-cuisine-recipe","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-bing-cherries","tag-cherries","tag-cherry-recipe","tag-sweet-mountain-bing-cherries","cuisine-recipe-category-desserts"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog2.halegroves.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cuisine-recipe\/41506","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog2.halegroves.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cuisine-recipe"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog2.halegroves.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/cuisine-recipe"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog2.halegroves.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog2.halegroves.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41506"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog2.halegroves.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31497"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog2.halegroves.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41506"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog2.halegroves.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41506"},{"taxonomy":"cuisine-recipe-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog2.halegroves.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cuisine-recipe-category?post=41506"},{"taxonomy":"cuisine-recipe-course","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog2.halegroves.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cuisine-recipe-course?post=41506"},{"taxonomy":"cuisine-recipe-cuisine","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog2.halegroves.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cuisine-recipe-cuisine?post=41506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}