The Best Cherry Bars Recipe

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.
Cream together butter and granulated sugar in a large mixing bowl on medium speed until the mixture is fluffy and light in color (about 5-7 minutes).
Add eggs to the butter mixture one at a time and beat well after each addition.
Add vanilla, flour, salt, and baking powder to the wet ingredients and mix together gently until just combined.
Grease a half-sheet pan (often called a jelly roll pan) and spread 2/3 of the batter in the pan. The easiest way to do this is with clean and slightly damp fingers.
Spread cherry pie filling across the batter.
Dot the rest of the batter on top of the filling either using damp fingers or a cookie scoop.
Bake the bars for 30-40 minutes at 350 degrees. Bars are done when a toothpick inserted into the cookie layer comes out clean.
Allow the bars to cool.
Mix powdered sugar with milk in a small bowl to create the sugar glaze. Drizzle over cooled bars.