Description
These bars are always a big hit and are a great way to use those fresh summer berries–though frozen blueberries work just as well. They’re especially great with a scoop of vanilla bean ice cream on top.
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 ½ cups quick cooking oats
- 1 ½ cups white sugar, divided
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ¾ cup cold butter
- 2 cups blueberries
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease a 9×13-inch baking dish.
- Combine flour
- oats
- 1 cup sugar
- cinnamon
- and baking soda in a large bowl. Cut butter into flour mixture until it resembles coarse crumbs. Reserve about 2 cups flour-butter mixture. Press remaining mixture into the prepared baking dish to form a crust.
- Bring blueberries
- remaining 1/2 cup sugar
- cornstarch
- and lemon juice to a boil in a saucepan
- stirring constantly
- until mixture is thickened
- about 2 minutes. Spread blueberry mixture over crust and sprinkle with reserved oat mixture.
- Bake in the preheated oven until topping is just browned
- about 25 minutes. Cool before cutting and serving.
Prep Time: 15 mins
Cook Time: 30 mins
Total Time: 1 hr 45 mins
Servings: 24