Blueberry Lemon Crumb Bars
Ingredients
For The Blueberry Lemon Filling
- 4 1/2 cups fresh blueberries
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 5 tsp corn starch
- 2 Tbsp fresh lemon juice
- zest from one lemon
For The Crumb Bars and Topping
- 3 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/4 cup light brown sugar
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 cup butter
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 egg
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375� and right before adding crumb mixture, spray a 9 x 13 baking dish with a non stick spray.
For The Blueberry Lemon Filling
- In a medium mixing bowl, whisk sugar and corn starch together.
- Add blueberries, zest from lemon and fresh lemon juice. Stir and let sit while making the crumb bars dough, stirring occasionally.
- In a large mixing bowl, whisk flour, sugar, brown sugar, baking powder, salt and cinnamon together until combined.
- Using a pastry blender or a fork, cut butter into flour mixture until crumbly.
- In a small bowl, whisk egg and vanilla together and add to flour mixture once butter has been added and mixture is crumbly. Continue using pastry blender until combined.
- Remove half of crumb mixture (approximately 3 cups) and press into prepared baking dish.
- Stir blueberries and then add to the top of the crumb mixture.
- With the remaining crumb mixture, squeeze with hands to combine as the crumb mixture is added over blueberries.
- Place in the oven uncovered and bake for approximately 45 minutes or until crumb topping is slightly browned.
- Let cool completely before cutting into squares.