Fresh, sweet, juicy mangoes sandwiched between two layers of crumbly, buttery pastry. These Mango Crumb Bars are super easy to make, and are the perfect dessert and snack!
Cut mangoes into small chunks. In a bowl, combine mango chunks, sugar (use more if mango is not ripened) and corn starch. Mix well and set aside.
In a large bowl, combine flour, baking powder and salt.
Cut cold (important: make sure it is cold!) unsalted butter into chunks and add to flour mixture.
If using a food processor, pulse until small crumbs are formed. If using a pastry cutter, cut butter into flour mixture until small crumbs are formed.
Mix together wet ingredients - brown sugar, egg and vanilla extract. Then add wet ingredients into buttery dry mixture. Mix well - mixture should be slightly crumbly.
Bring ~2/3 of crumbly mixture to the bottom of a 8" x 8" baking pan lined with parchment paper. Press mixture onto pan to form a layer of crumb pastry.
Add mango mixture, and spread it out evenly.
Then sprinkle the top with the rest of the crumbles.
Bake in the oven for 35-40 minutes.
Remove from oven and let it cool for 5-10 minutes. Then lift parchment paper and bring pastry out from the pan. Let it cool for another 15-20 minutes.