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4.77 from 154 votes

Blueberry Lemon Crumb Bars

Prep Time20 minutes
Cook Time45 minutes
Total Time1 hour 5 minutes
Calories:

Ingredients

For The Blueberry Lemon Filling

For The Crumb Bars and Topping

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.

For The Crumb Bars and Topping

  • 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.

Notes

Recipe adapted from Allrecipes.com