Berry Pie Crumble Bars
Author: Heather
Recipe type: Cookie/Bars
Cuisine: Desserts
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Serves: about 48 bars
- 2 cups oats (regular, not quick oats)
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
- ½ tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 cup unsalted butter, melted
- 2½ cups fresh or frozen mixed berries or one type of berries
- ½ cup sugar
- 3 tblsp water
- 2 tblsp cornstarch
- 3 tsp lemon juice
- Heat oven to 350 and spray a 13x9 inch pan with cooking spray.
- Combine oats, flour, brown sugar, baking soda and salt.
- Pour in melted butter and stir until well mixed.
- If there is still a lot of dry ingredients, melt 1 more tblsp of butter and mix in.
- Reserve 1 cup of crumb mixture.
- Press rest of the mixture into pan with fingertips and bake for 10 minutes.
- Meanwhile, put blueberries, 2 tblsp of water and sugar in a saucepan and heat over low heat, uncovered, stirring occasionally until boiling.
- Cook for two minutes while boiling.
- Mix remaining tblsp of water, lemon juice and cornstarch in a small bowl.
- Stir into blueberry mixture and cook for one minute or until thickened.
- Remove from heat and let sit for 1 minute.
- Pour blueberry mixture over partially baked crust, spreading well ¼ inch from edge.
- Pour reserved crumb mixture over top, pressing down lightly.
- Bake for 20 minutes.
- Cool completely.
- Cut into squares and store in a tighly sealed container.
Recipe by Girl and Her Kitchen at http://www.girlandherkitchen.com/2012/03/blueberry-pie-crumble-bars.html
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