Blueberry Crumb Bars

These Blueberry Oatmeal Bars are sweet, crunchy, and delicious. The shortbread crust and oatmeal topping are the perfect complement to the juicy fruit filling.

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Prep Time 30

Cook Time 40

Total Time 1 10

Servings large bars

Calories 443kcal

Author Dina

Equipment

1 9x13 baking pan

Ingredients

Ingredients for crust and topping

3 cups all-purpose flour
1 cups old-fashioned oats
1 cup light brown sugar packed
½ cup granulated sugar
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/8 tsp ground cinnamon
1 cup unsalted butter melted
2 tsp vanilla extract

For the Blueberry Filling

4 cups fresh blueberries
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1 Tbsp cornstarch
1/8 tsp salt
1 Tbsp lemon zest about 1 lemon
2 Tbsp fresh lemon juice

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350°F and line a 9x13 inch baking pan with parchment paper. In a large bowl, mix the flour, oats, brown sugar, granulated sugar, baking powder, salt and cinnamon.
Stir in the melted butter and vanilla until crumbly.
Press two-thirds of the oat mixture firmly into the bottom of the prepared pan. Reserve the remaining third of the crumb mixture for later.
In a separate bowl, toss the blueberries, sugar, lemon juice, lemon zest, cornstarch, and salt until evenly coated.
Spread the blueberry mixture over the bottom crust.
Sprinkle the remaining oat mixture evenly over the blueberries.
Bake for 40-45 minutes, or until the topping is golden brown and the blueberry filling is bubbling.
Cool completely in the pan. Refrigerate for 1 hour before slicing for the cleanest bars. Cut into squares and serve.

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