STRAWBERRY CRUMB BARS
These easy Strawberry Crumb Bars, with a buttery crust, sweet fresh strawberry filling, and crunchy butter crumb topping make wonderful dessert bars for an afternoon snack, or to take to a summer party, picnic, or potluck.
It is Saturday, the day of my friend’s party, and she tells me to bring a dessert to the party. no worries! There are a number of delicious quick and easy desserts for me to choose from. However, these Strawberry Crumb Bars are easy to make, especially if you have fresh strawberries, on hand and are super delicious, and I never have leftovers.
If you have followed my blog, you will notice that my desserts are usually simple. Often magic bars, fruit bars, or brownies. Nothing complicated. I saw no reason to change that trend. After all, my blog is all about fast, easy, and flavorful recipes.
I am so happy strawberries are in season right now! They are 100 times better when they are in season. I’ll take a bright red, juicy strawberry over a spongy, dull strawberry any day. When I saw how perfect the berries looked in the store, I bought two pounds and headed home to start baking.
One of my favorite spring and summertime dessert is crumble bars. They are easy to make and I usually have all the ingredients at home. You can fill them with any flavor jam or fresh berries. So with my bundle from the grocery story, I chopped up some strawberries, sprinkled them with sugar and there was my filling for the crumble bars.
Ingredients
Instructions
It is Saturday, the day of my friend’s party, and she tells me to bring a dessert to the party. no worries! There are a number of delicious quick and easy desserts for me to choose from. However, these Strawberry Crumb Bars are easy to make, especially if you have fresh strawberries, on hand and are super delicious, and I never have leftovers.
If you have followed my blog, you will notice that my desserts are usually simple. Often magic bars, fruit bars, or brownies. Nothing complicated. I saw no reason to change that trend. After all, my blog is all about fast, easy, and flavorful recipes.
I am so happy strawberries are in season right now! They are 100 times better when they are in season. I’ll take a bright red, juicy strawberry over a spongy, dull strawberry any day. When I saw how perfect the berries looked in the store, I bought two pounds and headed home to start baking.
One of my favorite spring and summertime dessert is crumble bars. They are easy to make and I usually have all the ingredients at home. You can fill them with any flavor jam or fresh berries. So with my bundle from the grocery story, I chopped up some strawberries, sprinkled them with sugar and there was my filling for the crumble bars.
Ingredients
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup butter (cold)
- 1 pound fresh strawberries diced up
- 2 teaspoons cornstarch
- 1/3 cup granulated sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Prepare a 8x8 baking dish by lining it with foil or parchment paper allowing the edges to overhang the pan for easy removal. Then, spray the lining with cooking spray.
- In a large bowl, add the ½ cup sugar, flour, baking powder and salt and mix until combined. Then, add the egg and vanilla. Mix well.
- Cut the cold butter into the flour mixture until it is crumbly.
- Take half of the flour mixture and pack it down in the bottom of your pan. Reserve the remaining crumbs for the topping.
- In a small bowl, combine your diced strawberries, 1/3 cup sugar and cornstarch. Mix until the strawberries are coated well. Spread the strawberry mix top over the bottom layer in the pan and spread out evenly.
- Sprinkle the rest of your flour mixture evenly over the top of your strawberries.
- Bake for 35-40 minutes, until the top is golden brown. Allow to cool completely before cutting.
