Chocolate Drizzled Cherry Bars

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 cups uncooked quick-cooking oats
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1 1/4 cups Land O Lakes Butter, softened
• 1 (21-ounce) can cherry pie filling
• 1 teaspoon almond flavoring
• 1/2 cup real semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 1 tablespoon shortening

1. Heat oven to 350F.
2. Combine all crumb mixture ingredients in bowl.
3. Beat at low speed until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
4. Reserve 1 1/2 cups crumb mixture; press remaining crumb mixture oto bottom of ungreased 13x9-inch baking pan.
5. Bake 15-20 minutes or until edges are very lightly browned.
6. Combine all filling ingredients in same bowl.
7. Spread filling over hot, partially baked crust; sprinkle with reserved crumb mixture.
8. Continue baking 27-32 minutes or until lightly browned.
9. Melt chocolate chips and shortening in 1-quart saucepan over low heat, stirring often, 2-3 minutes or until smooth.
10. Drizzle over bars.
11. Cool completely; cut into bars.

flour, oats, sugar, butter, cherry pie filling, almond flavoring, semisweet chocolate chips, shortening

Taken from www.landolakes.com/recipe/2237/chocolate-drizzled-cherry-bars (may not work)