Blueberry Lemon Crumb Bars
photo by patti k.
- Ready In:
- 50mins
- Ingredients:
- 14
- Yields:
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24 bars
- Serves:
- 24
ingredients
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CRUST
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 2 teaspoons freshly grated lemon rind
- 1 pinch salt
- 1⁄2 cup cold butter or 1/2 cup margarine, cut up
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
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CRUMB TOPPING
- 5 tablespoons butter, softened
- 1⁄2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
- 3⁄4 cup all-purpose flour
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FILLING
- 2 cups fresh blueberries
- 1⁄4 cup granulated sugar
- 1⁄8 teaspoon nutmeg
- powdered sugar
directions
- Heat oven to 400°.
- Grease 13 x 9-inch baking pan.
- Combine flour, granulated sugar, lemon peel and salt in food processor and pulse.
- With machine on, add butter through feed tube.
- Whisk egg with vanilla in bowl; with machine on, add through feed tube until combined.
- (Mixture will be crumbly) Press evenly into prepared pan.
- Bake 12 to 15 minutes until golden.
- (Crust will crack but that's okay) Cool.
- For the crumb topping: Stir butter and brown sugar in medium bowl until smooth.
- Stir in flour.
- Sprinkle blueberries over baked crust.
- Combine sugar and nutmeg in cup and sprinkle over berries.
- Crumble on topping.
- Bake 20 to 25 minutes, until browned.
- Cool.
- Sprinkle with powdered sugar.
- Cut into bars.
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Reviews
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These were wonderful! I used fresh blueberries. I made the recipe as written and did not think the nutmeg was overpowering at all. I took these to my Bible study and everyone loved them! I wasn't sure how cool the crust needed to be in step 8, so I let it cool about 45 minutes. It was still a little warm when I added the blueberries. Worked out great-everything came out evenly and lightly browned. Thank you for this recipe!
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Had my kids and grandkids for the weekend. They love blueberries so I made these lovely bars for dessert. They turned out very well. I left out the nutmeg because I wasn't sure how strong that flavor would come through and I didn't think the kids would like it. I don't think we missed anything by leaving it out. Thanks for sharing this recipe.
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