Blueberry Crumb Bars

Square blueberry crumble bars on parchment paper with blueberries around it

A bright and delicious dessert that is super easy to make! Sweet and juicy blueberry filling sandwiched between buttery crumbles...it's the perfect sweet treat, snack...or even breakfast!

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Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Prep Time: 15

Cook Time: 35

Cooling time: 30

Total Time: 40

Servings: people

Calories: 349kcal

Author: MinShien

Ingredients

2 cups fresh blueberries
1/4 cup granulated sugar
2 tsp cornstarch
1 tsp lemon juice optional
2 cups flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
3/4 cups cold unsalted butter
2/3 cup brown sugar
1 large egg
1/2 tsp vanilla extract

Instructions

Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees F.
In a bowl, combine blueberries, sugar, corn starch, and lemon juice (optional). Mix well and set aside.
In a large bowl, combine flour, baking powder and salt.
Slice cold unsalted butter (important: make sure it is cold!) into multiple chunks and add to flour mixture.
Use a pastry cutter to cut butter into dry mixture until smaller crumbs are formed. Or, using a food processor, pulse until small crumbs are formed.
Mix together wet ingredients in a separate bowl – brown sugar, egg and vanilla extract. Then add wet ingredients into buttery dry crumble mixture. Mix well – mixture should be slightly crumbly.
Bring ~3/4 of crumbly mixture to the bottom of a 8″ x 8″ baking pan lined with parchment paper. Press mixture using spatula onto pan to form a layer of crumb pastry.
Add blueberry mixture onto the layer of crumb pastry, and spread it out evenly.
Sprinkle the top of the blueberry mixture 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 25-30 minutes.
Cut into 9 square bars. Serve and enjoy!

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