Lemon Blueberry Crumble Bars. Loaded with blueberries, these Lemon Blueberry Crumble Bars are buttery soft, moist and blueberry delicious with an underlying flavor of lemon. Serve them at room temperature or serve them warm with a scoop of vanilla ice cream on top and everyone will go bonkers after one bite!
These bars are the easiest thing to make and take with you to any gathering, picnic, or even pot luck. You only need 10 minutes to prep and 30 minutes to bake. Made with wholesome ingredients. These bars are made with butter, 1 egg, some sugar, flour, baking powder, lemon zest, lemon juice and fresh blueberries. That’s it!
Lemon Blueberry Crumble Bars go perfect with a cup of coffee in the morning!
The sweetness is not overpowering and the flavors are well balanced with a hint of lemon enhancing the flavor of the blueberries.
So delicious ! My husband described it as one the finest desserts he has ever had in a long time.
First, make the dough in one easy step. Then pat half of the crumble mixture into your baking pan.
Next, pour the blueberry mixture on top of the crust, then with the remaining crumble on top and bake.
After baking these bars, I like to wait until they cool completely, then cut them into squares. This will ensure them from falling apart, making it easier to serve them. And no mess.
They all freeze well too!
I love making these crumble bars and of course with the abundance of fresh berries out there in season, you can make so many different flavors. Enjoy!!
THANKS for PINNING!!
Kitchen Items I enjoy using:
- 1 cup ( 200 grams) sugar
- 1 tsp. baking powder
- 3 cups ( 390 grams) all-purpose flour
- ¼ tsp. salt
- Zest of one large lemon (at least 2 Tbsp.)
- 1 cup (8 ounces or 225 grams) cold unsalted butter, cut into chunks
- 1 large egg
- Juice of 1 lemon ( about ¼ cup)
- ½ cup (100 grams) sugar
- 2 tsp. cornstarch
- 2 cups (1 pint) fresh blueberries
- Preheat Oven to 375 F. Grease a 9 X 13-inch baking pan with baking spray. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, whisk together the sugar, baking powder, flour, salt and lemon zest. Cut the butter and egg into the flour mixture with a pastry cutter. Or you can use your hands to crumble the mixture. Dough will be very crumbly. Pat only half of the crumble into the prepared pan. Set the other half aside for the topping.
- Toss together the lemon juice, sugar, cornstarch and blueberries until well combined. Pour the blueberries mixture on top the crumbled crust in an even layer. And spoon any remaining lemon juice in the bowl on top as well. Then, sprinkle the other half of the remaining crumbs over the blueberries.
- Bake for 30 to 35 minutes or until the top and sides are golden. Allow to cool to room temperature before cutting and serving.
- Yields: 15 to 18 bars
Recipe slightly adapted from All Recipes.com
Have a great day everyone! And, thanks for stopping by !!
xo Anna and Liz
10 Comments
Abbe@This is How I Cook
July 26, 2018 at 12:30 amThe simpler, the better! And usually it’s the best! These sound great!
2 Sisters recipes
July 26, 2018 at 12:42 pmThanks so much Abbe!!
Susan
July 26, 2018 at 2:35 pmHow scrumptious they look! I’m sold 🙂 I just happen to have blueberries in the frig!
2 Sisters Recipes
July 27, 2018 at 12:54 pmLove it !! Go for it Susan!
Thanks for stopping by
Rebecca
July 28, 2018 at 10:50 amBaked these yesterday. I put in 2 lemons worth of zest and they have a nice strong lemon blueberry flavor. I also put in some more blueberries because I had them in the fridge. Tempting as it might be – I caution people against putting more than one layer of blueberries in the pan. The juicy blueberries might make the bars fall apart.
Flavor overall is good but the texture is not a true bar cookie, more like a flat crumble. Very soft. They can be picked up and eaten if you are careful, but you could also put on a plate and use a fork.
I dont know that this is “one of the finest desserts” but it is very nice and easily put together. Might be a good cooking lesson for a tween who is ready to move past scrambled eggs and pancakes.
by Anna and Liz
July 28, 2018 at 12:57 pmHi Rebecca! So glad to hear you’ve tried my crumble bars! Adding more zest sounds wonderful (since we adore lemon flavor) and adding more blueberries will definitely change the texture of these bars. But overall, the flavors combined are delicious. Adding only 2 cups of the blueberries will give you the end result of a crumble bars as I have shown here. Enjoy and thanks for leaving your comment!
iza
July 29, 2018 at 3:47 amdeliciously looks like a cake
by Anna and Liz
July 31, 2018 at 8:35 amHi Iza!
Welcome to our blog! It’s so nice to meet you and thank you so much for stopping by with a sweet comment.
Bryan
August 23, 2018 at 10:03 pmI get these blueberry muffins from a local bakery and these totally remind me of it! I want to try this recipe out myself.
by Anna and Liz
August 24, 2018 at 6:46 pmThank you Bryan! Welcome to our blog! So nice to meet you, and please let us know how they turn out!