Blueberry Bars

12
Servings

30m
Prep Time

30m
Cook Time

1h
Ready In

Recipe: #12855

June 26, 2014

Categories: Desserts, Cookies, Fruit, Blueberry, Budget-Friendly, Easy/Beginner Cooking, Kid Pleaser, Fall/Autumn, Picnic, Potluck, Summer, Winter, Oven Bake, No Eggs, Vegetarian, Make it from scratch, Bars more

recipe by:
ellie

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recipe by:
ellie

"We enjoyed these bars and have been making them whenever we are lucky enough to have blueberries on hand. They are a bit of work but we think they are worth it! Recipe source: The Finnish Cookbook"

Original recipe yields 12 servings

Metric US

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Step 1

To make the crust: sift the dry ingredients together (flour-baking powder)in a mixing bowl. Using two knives or a pastry blender mix the butter into the flour mixture until the mixture resembles fine crumbs. With your hands press the mixture into a dough and then roll out dough into a rectangle large enough to fit a 12 x 16 inch baking sheet (the kind with sides or use a roasting pan), reserving 1/2 cup of the dough to use as a topping. Place crust in pan, patching if needed.

Step 2

With your fingers, form a ridge around the edge of the dough, so filling will not spill onto floor of oven.

Step 3

To prepare filling: in a mixing bowl combine blueberries with the remainder of the ingredients (sugar - salt) and spread filling over dough.

Step 4

Roll out reserved dough and roll out into a rectangle and cut into strips and place in a lattice pattern over blueberry filling -- or just crumble the remaining dough over the filling (this is what we usually do). Sprinkle with additional sugar if desired as bars are not very sweet.