Oh berry season, the best time of the year. It rivals the holidays in my book. There’s nothing prettier than bright strawberries nestled in a pie crust or like this bar, blueberries covered in a streusel topping.
These bars were delicious, easy, and took no time to make which means these are pretty much perfect. The streusel is made from the same dough that the bottom is made of which makes it that much easier. As always, I used my fingers to make the dough because I don’t own a food processor and I threw my pastry cutter out the first time I used it, so don’t be discouraged if you don’t own either of them. The one complaint I have, which isn’t really even a complaint, is that the crust and topping got soft after sitting overnight. I think these would be great for a potluck or an office party or somewhere where they would all be consumed in one day.
📖 Recipe
Blueberry Crumb Bars
Ingredients
- 1 cup white sugar
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup unsalted butter
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt
- zest of two lemons
- 4 cups fresh or frozen blueberries
- ½ cup white sugar
- 3 teaspoons cornstarch
Instructions
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Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Line a 9×13 inch pan with parchment paper and spray with nonstick cooking spray.
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In a medium bowl, stir together 1 cup sugar, 3 cups flour, salt, lemon zest and baking powder.
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In a small bowl, whisk the egg and vanilla together until combined.
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Use pastry cutter or your food processor to blend the flour mixture with the butter and egg/vanilla mixture. Dough will be crumbly. Pat half of dough into the prepared pan.
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In another bowl, stir together ½ sugar and cornstarch. Gently mix in the blueberries. Sprinkle the blueberry mixture evenly over the crust. Crumble remaining dough over the berry layer.
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Bake in preheated oven for 45 minutes, or until top is slightly brown. Cool completely before cutting into squares.
Lindsay says
WOW these look amazing. I have a recipe myself but yours look soo much better. Thanks for sharing.
.-= Lindsay´s last blog ..BlueBerry Bread =-.
Mary says
WoW! These look fantastic! I look forward to trying out the recipe this weekend. Yumm!
Love your blog. This is my first visit. I found you through Life As Mom. The pictures are wonderful.
Alison says
thanks amanda! im going to try these in a couple weeks once i get settled in with my move to a different state. i would be using my fingers for the dough so i like that you mentioned that possible. i don’t really have a lot of kitchen gagets because i’m a college student and constantly moving around lol. anything i can make with little equipment is great. thanks again.
Faith @ LovelyAsCharged says
What? You mean berry season isn’t actually a holiday in and of itself?
.-= Faith @ LovelyAsCharged´s last blog ..I’m a Woman More Dangerous than a Shotgun =-.
Staci says
Oh no, berry season is definitely a holiday. It has to be. Why else would the amount of baking done increase so much :)
Natalie (The Sweets LIfe) says
ahhh yum! I actually plan to make the smitten kitchen version of these tomorrow-very similar. glad to know they’re delish :)
.-= Natalie (The Sweets LIfe)´s last blog ..Peanut Butter Nutella Brownies =-.