Blueberry Crumb Bars
Adapted from Smitten Kitchen

1 ? cup white sugar
1 ? teaspoon baking powder
3 ? cups all-purpose flour
3 sticks of cold butter, cut into chunks
2 eggs
1/2 teaspoon salt
Zest of one lemon & juice of 2 lemons (I=2 0did not add zest to batter*)
? teaspoon of pure vanilla extract
4 cups fresh blueberries
1/2 cup white sugar
4 teaspoons cornstarch

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease a 9?3 inch pan.

In a medium bowl, stir together 1 ? cup sugar, 3 ? cups flour, and baking powder. Mix in salt, vanilla and lemon zest. Use a fork or pastry cutter to blend in the butter and egg. Dough will be crumbly. Pat half of dough into the prepared pan. (I suppose you could do this in a food processor, but don?t overmix).

In another bowl, stir together the sugar, cornstarch and lemon juice. Gently mix in the blueberries. Sprinkle the blueberry mixture evenly over the crust. Crumble remaining dough over the berry layer.

Bake in preheated oven for 45 minutes, or until top is slightly brown. (This took an extra 10 to 15 minutes in my oven.) Cool completely before cutting into squares.
Makes about 32 small bars

*I did not want to add the zest to the batter since I wanted to taste the butter. But feel free to add this. Also, these taste really good chilled.

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Dawn - Cape Cod, MA

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