German Quark Crumb Bars - cooking recipe

Ingredients

QUARK FILLING
16 ounces Quark
1 egg
1 cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 cup dried cherries (or dried blueberries, raisins)
CRUMB TOPPING
1 cup butter, room temperature
3/4 cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 egg
1/4 teaspoon salt
3 1/2 cups white flour

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350\u00b0F Mix the ingredients under the Quark Filling section and set aside.
Blend Crumb Topping ingredients with a pastry blender (or 2 knives in a criss-cross pattern).
Measure out 2 1/2 cups of crumbs. Pat into a greased 13x9 glass baking dish. Pat crumbs up about 1/2 inch up sides of baking dish.
Bake at 350F for 10-12 minutes.
Pour quark mixture over baked crust. Sprinkle remaining crumb mixture evenly over quark layer. Pat down very lightly.
Bake 30-35 minutes. Cool before cutting.
STORAGE: Keep refrigerated but bring to room temperature before serving.