So these Blueberry Lemon Crumb Bars were actually supposed to get made & blogged last week for The Lady Behind The Curtain Dessert Challenge. The ingredients for the challenge were blueberries & lemon, obviously. Life got crazy & the bars never got made.
I had already bought all of the ingredients I needed though so I decided to still make them over the weekend & I’m so glad I did! They were delicious!! I packed them full of fresh blueberries & they had just a hint of lemon! The combo was perfect!! I would definitely recommend these for a perfect summer treat!!
BLUEBERRY LEMON CRUMB BARS
YIELD: 16 bars
INGREDIENTS:
- 1 stick + 6 tablespoons room-temperature butter, divided, plus more for the pan
- 1 & 3/4 cups flour, plus more for the pan
- 1/2 cup packed light brown sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 large eggs
- 1 small lemon, zested {about 1 tablespoon}
- 1 pint dry fresh blueberries
COOKING DIRECTIONS:
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. Grease an 8-inch square baking pan. Line the bottom with parchment paper, leaving an overhang on two sides; butter and flour the paper, tapping out excess.
- Make the topping: In a medium microwave safe bowl, melt the 6 tablespoons of butter. Whisk in the brown sugar; then add 1 cup flour, and mix with a fork until large moist crumbs form. Refrigerate the topping until ready to use.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the remaining 3/4 cup flour and baking powder; set aside. In a large bowl, using an electric mixer, beat the remaining stick of butter, powdered sugar, and vanilla until light and fluffy; add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Reduce speed to low; mix in flour mixture and the lemon zest. Spread batter evenly in pan; sprinkle with the blueberries, and then the chilled topping.
- Bake until golden and a toothpick inserted in center comes out with moist crumbs attached, 40 to 45 minutes. Cool completely in pan. Using the paper overhang, lift cake onto a work surface; cut into squares.
RECIPE INSPIRED BY: Martha Stewart
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Blueberry and lemon are two of my favorite things!
My family loves anything with blueberries so I can’t wait to try these, thanks!
Stopping by from Saturday Dishes today and pinning this to my blueberry board 🙂
Happy Tuesday!
ang
Thanks so much for the pin Ang!! 🙂
Thanks for sharing at Saturday Dishes, pinned!
Jaime, these look delicious! I love blueberries, and this is a fun new way to use them. Pinned!
Lemon and blueberry is a favorite combination…and I prefer a bar cookie to just about anything else for sweet treats (unless it’s a muffin, lol). Just look at all those blueberries YUM!
I love blueberry and lemon. Of course, these look wonderful!
Oh.. M… Gee! This looks smashing amazing! Pinning NOW!
Jaime they look divine!
Thank you so much Emily!!
Jaime! These look amazing!! 🙂
I love blueberry and lemon anything! I always add extra lemon whenever baking with these two ingredients. Pinning 🙂
Kim @ *Soliloquy Of Food & Such*
Blueberry and Lemon go so well together and these look fabulous! 🙂
These look scrumptious. Love how many blueberries are in the bars.
Thank you Victoria!! There were a ton of blueberries but it was soooo good with that many!!
These look divine!
These look like they just might become my new favourite recipe! Thanks for sharing.