Sabrina Snyder is a professionally trained personal and private chef of over 10 years who is the creator and developer of all the recipes on Dinner, then Dessert. She creates all the recipes here on Dinner, then Dessert, fueled in no small part by her love for bacon. Sabrina is a professionally trained Private Chef of over 10 years with ServSafe Manager certification in food safety. Bake uncooked Blueberry Bars from frozen at 375 degrees for 50-60 minutes. Cover baking pan with tightly plastic wrap and aluminum foil and freeze for up to 6 months.

Freeze: Cool bars completely if freezing already baked.

Store: Keep Blueberry Crumb Bars in an airtight container lined with paper towels for up to 1 week in the refrigerator.

Line your container with paper towels to help absorb moisture.

Serve: These Blueberry Bars are best served at room temperature and can be kept covered for up to 4 days in a cool, dry place.

MORE EASY SUMMER DESSERTS Easy Fruit Salad Easy Peach Cobbler Mixed Berry Trifle Easy Strawberry Shortcake Combine 1 cup powered sugar with 2-3 tablespoons lemon juice, making thick enough to glaze. Icing: Another way to add lemon is to do a lemon icing.Use 2 tablespoons lemon juice in the filling and add lemon zest to the crust dough for Lemon Blueberry Crumb Bars. Lemon: Lemon goes really well with blueberries, enhancing their flavor and adding tartness.Cookie Mix: For the shortbread dough, use one bag sugar cookie mix and a ½ cup cold butter as a super easy hack for Blueberry Bars.Don’t use quick oats or instant oats, they will dry out the batter. Oats: Give the topping extra crunch by adding ½ cup rolled oats to the dough.You can also use diced strawberries or blackberries. Raspberry: Swap raspberries for blueberries in equal amounts to make Raspberry Crumb Bars.MORE DELICIOUS BLUEBERRY RECIPES Blueberry Buckle Blueberry Crumb Muffins Blueberry Lemon Ice Box Cake Blueberry Pie They are still delicious though, just less firm up top. The crumble topping softens as baked Blueberry Bars thaw or are refrigerated. If you want to make Blueberry Crumb Bars ahead of time, it’s better to freeze them unbaked and reheat from frozen.It can take 1-2 hours, depending how warm the room temperature is. If you cut them while hot, the filling will ooze out and the crumble will fall apart. Cool your Blueberry Crumble Bars completely before trying to cut them.Frozen blueberries will take a little longer to bake, about 10 minutes. There’s no need to thaw the blueberries before hand, just add an extra tablespoon cornstarch to absorb the juice. Use either fresh or frozen blueberries in this recipe.Cold butter also adds richness to the dough too. It makes the crust and topping flakier, closer to a pie crust than a typical crumble. Cold butter is key to getting the crumbly texture that you need for crumb bars.If you don’t want to wait for them to cool, you can scoop the crumb bars from the pan like a Blueberry Crisp. For a summer dessert, try them warmed up with Vanilla Ice Cream or Whipped Cream. You can serve them for breakfast with some greek yogurt on the side. Whatever is easiest for you, that’s what will work for this recipe!īlueberry Crumb Bars are so simple and are less sweet than many blueberry desserts. Pulsing the cookie crumble ingredients in a processor makes this step faster, but you can also use a fork or pastry cutter to make the crumb dough. You can even make this Blueberry Crumble Bar recipe by hand, no stand mixer or food processor needed.

Made with either fresh or frozen berries, you’ll love how easy this recipe comes together with simple pantry ingredients and about 10 minutes of prep time. This tasty dessert could easily be called Blueberry Pie Bars with their double flaky crust and the jammy, homemade pie filling inside. There’s no peeling, hulling, or slicing, just rinse your berries in cool water and they are ready to go for easy recipes like these Blueberry Crumb Bars! With all the fresh berry flavor and buttery crust of a Blueberry Pie that you can take on the go, this is sure to be a new go-to Dessert Recipe during blueberry season!īlueberries are one of the absolute best fruits to bake with! Not only are they naturally sweet and so delicious but they are so easy to use. Easy Blueberry Crumb Bars are a tasty summer treat on the go! Melt-in-your-mouth buttery shortbread-like crust and crumble with a fresh blueberry filling.

Blueberry crumb bar recipe