Project Pastry Queen – Blackberry Pie Bars
May 8, 2011 in bars
This week’s Project Pastry Queen selection comes from the lovely Josie. Her choice of Blackberry Pie Bars made me really happy because I know I would never choose to make this one on my own – just not a big blackberry fan.
I chose to make my bars into a pie shape mostly because I just posted some bars the other day, but I also thought it would be cute like this. I halved the original recipe and used a fairly deep dish pie plate. It worked perfectly but I think I had to bake it quite a bit longer than the recipe called for (I don’t have a timer so I can’t be sure…).
This recipe is amazing. Amazing. Like I said, I usually don’t like blackberries but covered in a buttery crust? Delicious! It’s like a pie because it has a bottom crust but beyond that, it’s more like a crumble which I love! The blackberries almost melt into the crust and you hardly even notice those obnoxious seeds. This one has overtaken the top spot my list of favorites from The Pastry Queen and I can’t wait to try it with different berries.
Josie has the recipe for you and make sure you check out the Project Pastry Queen blogroll to see what everyone else did with these bars.
O.M.G. my mouth is watering just looking at this photo. Definitely have to put this on my list to make.
That slice looks scrumptious! Love crumb toppings.
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I also shunned the “bar” shape and went tart pan. They look lovely!
I love blackberries, so this looks heavenly! Great post!
You and your timer issues! :P Anyhoo – these look incredible. Happy Mother’s Day (x3!!!).
I love crumb topping so much too, YUM!! It looks fantastic and I love the colours that bleed out in baked blackberry stuff. Happy mother’s day, Amanda! *hugs*
Oh wow, yours looks amazing!
love the idea of making it in a pie plate! my husband is a huge blackberry fan so i need to make these!
I’ve got to use my berries before they go bad.
Wow!!! this looks amazing!!!!! I have some frozen berries which I’m going to use right now!!! Thanks so much!
This is so great for summer! Can’t wait to bake this!
I was inspired by your post and made these today. I realized after reading about Project Pastry Queen that I actually own the book but it had been sitting on my shelf for years unused. How sad is that? I made the pie bars in two 8 x 8 pans as I had one bag of raspberries and one bag of blackberries and I thought it would be better to use each one separately rather than mixing them. They smell delicious and I can’t wait to try them.
Fresh berries smothered in crumb top with a buttery crust. OMG This sounds like a summer dessert I will be making.
I want to try this with a blueberry/rhubarb mix…