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Strawberry Crumb Bars: The Perfect Sweet & Buttery Treat

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These easy Strawberry Crumb Bars, with a buttery crust, sweet fresh strawberry filling, and crunchy butter crumb topping make wonderful dessert bars to take to a summer party, picnic, or potluck.

Ingredients

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  • 1/2 cup white sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 cup very cold butter (8 tablespoons or 1 stick)
  • 1 egg, beaten
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 2 cups fresh strawberries, chopped
  • 1/3 cup white sugar
  • 2 teaspoons cornstarch

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.

2. Place parchment paper on the bottom of an 8×8 pan, letting it hang over the sides to make it easier to remove the bars after baking.

3. In a medium bowl, stir together 1/2 cup white sugar, flour, baking powder, and salt.

4. Using a fork or pastry cutter, cut the very cold butter into the flour mixture until the pieces are very small and crumbly. You can also pulse in a food processor until you get pea-sized crumbs.

5. In a separate bowl, beat the egg with a fork. Add the egg and vanilla to the flour mixture and mix until a crumbly dough forms.

6. Pat half of the dough evenly into the bottom of the prepared pan.

7. In another bowl, stir together 1/3 cup sugar and cornstarch. Stir in the chopped strawberries.

8. Spoon the strawberry mixture evenly over the bottom crust.

9. Crumble the remaining dough evenly over the strawberry layer.

10. Bake in the preheated oven for 45 minutes or until the top is lightly golden brown. (Check early if your oven runs hot.)

11. Cool completely before cutting into squares. Refrigerate until ready to serve.

Notes

It is very important that your butter be very cold. This helps create the perfect crumbly texture.

Avoid overworking the crumb mixture with your hands, as the warmth can soften the butter too much.

If your strawberries are not very sweet, you may want to increase the sugar in the filling to 1/2 cup.

This recipe can easily be doubled for a 9×13 pan. Just double the ingredients and adjust the servings.

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