Blueberry Picnic Bars

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Ready In:
55mins
Ingredients:
10
Serves:
16
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ingredients

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directions

  • Oven to 350°.
  • Line an 8" square baking pan with foil, letting ends extend above pan on 2 sides.
  • In a large bowl, mix oats, flour, brown sugar, baking soda and salt.
  • Add melted butter and stir with a fork until evenly moistened (mixture will be crumbly). Reserve 1/2 cup crumb mixture for topping.
  • Press remaining mixture evenly and firmly over bottom of ungreased, foil-lined pan. Bake 12 minute to set crust.
  • Filling: In a small saucepan stir berries, sugar, cornstarch and lemon juice over med. heat until simmering.
  • Simmer, stirring occasionally, until juices are no longer cloudy, about 2 minute.
  • Spoon over crust. Crumble reserved crumb mixture over top.
  • Bake for 30 minute.
  • Let cool completely in pan.
  • Lift foil by ends onto a cutting board.
  • Peel off foil; cut into 2" squares.

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Reviews

  1. I've made these at least six times...I took them to a party, and to work, and everyone raves about them! Be sure to bake them long enough, or the center will be sticky. I've doubled the main recipe and used a 13" X 9" pan, and they are great!
     
  2. Yummy with a cup of tea, or in the kids lunchbox.
     
  3. These make a wonderful healthy snack.
     
  4. Great recipe. My family thought these tasted like bars from a professional bakery. I increased the bluberries to 2 cups, and because the recipe doesn't specify which kind of oats to use, I made two different batches (quick oats v. rolled oats). The quick oats won--they held their shape much better.
     
  5. Excellent bars and soooo easy! Great for the kids lunchbox, a morning treat with coffee, or a yummy dessert served warm and topped with vanilla ice cream. I didn't have enough blueberries, so I added some chopped strawberries...FANTASTIC!
     
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Tweaks

  1. These are great! Here are my substitutions: subbed regular flour for gluten-free flour and threw in a pinch of xanthan gum (I'm gluten intolerant). Used a loose 1/2c brown sugar instead of packed. Used 1/4tsp stevia in place of the sugar for the berries. Next time I'll use a few more berries, but DH loved them and he is usually hard to please if it's not chocolate :)
     

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