Blueberry Crunch Bars
Blueberry Crunch Bars first appeared in my third cookbook, Sweetness: Southern Recipes to Celebrate the Warmth, the Love, an the Blessings of a Full Life.
This recipe is from my friend, Valerie Holt, who teaches Home Economics at Woodland High School in in Cartersville, Georgia. We met at the National Cornbread Festival and became fast friends.
As a blueberry lover myself, I have to tell you that I made these the moment Valerie shared the recipe with me and have already lost count of how many times I’ve made them since! 
The ingredients are simple and you likely have most of them on hand. The recipe is pretty straight forward as well and it’s in printable format at the bottom of this post!
Look at these gorgeous blueberries! I just love seasonal fruit!
Please make these soon. You’ll be glad you did!
Ingredients
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 ½ cups all purpose flour
- 1 ½ cups quick oats
- ¾ cup cold unsalted butter cubed
- 1/8 tsp salt
- ½ tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp cinnamon
- 3 cups fresh or frozen blueberries
- 2 TB cornstarch
- 3 TB lemon juice
- ¾ cup sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375. Grease a 9 x 13 metal baking pan.
- Put first 7 ingredients in the food processor and process until crumbly not a ball. Reserve 2 cups for topping.
- Press remaining crumb mixture into pan. Set aside.
- Put rest of ingredients into a small sauce pan and bring to a boil for 2-3 minutes until thick. It will look like blueberry jam. Spread over crust. Put on reserved topping and bake 25-30 minutes or until golden. Cool completely and enjoy!
Nutrition
My favorite summer dessert is anything with fresh blueberries or blackberries–muffins, buckles, cobblers, pies, quick breads, cakes, ice cream. Yum!
I always forget to look and see what the question is! Lemon Meringue Pie is my favorite dessert – any time of the year.
I love Blueberry Pie! Now something new to try! Thanks for the chance to win scrumptious prizes.
This looks yummy, I wonder if you could use dates instead of blueberries? Peggy Ann bakery here in Huntsville, AL used to sell them and they were my favorites.
My favorite summer dessert is Chocolate Fudge Strawberry Shortcake 🙂 So simple yet so scrumptious!
favorite summer dessert is cobbler with whatever fruit I just picked fresh!
My favorite is the frozen strawberries,jello with crushed pretzel base–gotta go look that up:)