Blueberry Crunch Bars
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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 dessert of summertime is ice cream–especially when the weather gets hot. But if I can get some fresh berries, then I love a good cobbler (with ice cream on it, if I can get it…is there a pattern here? Well, I AM a Virgo…we do love our neatness and organization and our routines). Your blueberry crunch bars look wonderful, Christy, and I was noticing they’re starting to have fresh-picked blueberries (local ones) in the stores. Mmmmm…what a treat!
Oh these look wonderful! I’m going to make them in the morning; I need to run out for more blueberries and we are having big thunderstorms in the ATL – no going out now!
Oh, dang, those look good. I’m a huge blueberry lover, too, but we can’t grow them here because the dirt is way too alkaline. I’d be willing to audition these bars as a favorite summer dessert!
The Blueberry Crunch Bars look yummy. I’ll have to get the stuff to make them the next time I go grocery shopping.
I love blueberries and this recipe for blueberry crunch bars sound delicioous. We are a family who loves sweets and I try to be sure there is fruit involved. Thanks for this.
I love strawberry pie, lemon icebox pie, cherry pie, ice cream! I love it all!
Blueberries are my husband’s favorite fruit during the summer. These bars will be perfect for a summer treat.
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