Cherry Pie Crumble Bars

These Cherry Pie Crumble Bars convey a thick filling made of fresh cherries together with a buttery shortbread crust that doubles every bit the crumble topping! Meet your novel summertime obsession.

Ok, I know I ALWAYS convey a novel favorite dessert – together with correct now, it’s these beauties. CHERRY PIE CRUMBLE BARS. I mean, what’s non to love? They convey 2 layers of crust – 1 of which happens to live a pile of buttery crumble, together with a thick layer of fresh, juicy, sugariness cherries! So many cherry dessert recipes out at that topographic point utilization cherry pie filling (nothing incorrect amongst that) simply I wanted to contain fresh cherries here. It is cherry flavor after all – together with I’ll live taking payoff of it for every bit long every bit I can.

I recommend yous practise the same!

How to Make Cherry Pie Crumble Bars:

This is a super uncomplicated recipe – together with genuinely it doesn’t utilization pie crust at all! So, never fearfulness – yous tin whip these upward inward a pinch. First, piece your cherries together with stir inward to a greater extent than or less carbohydrate together with almond extract for flavor! Let this residue spell nosotros brand the bars.

First stir together melted butter, chocolate-brown sugar, oats together with flour to brand the dough that volition live the base of operations together with topping for the bars.

Reserve to a greater extent than or less of the topping for later, we’re going to press the remaining mixture into the bottom of a lined pan, together with bake it well-nigh 10 minutes. Next, we’re adding the cherries together with the residue of the crumble topping.

Finish baking, allow them cool, together with you’re on your mode to dessert bar Heaven.

These tend to larn a tad soft when left at room temp (our story is likewise ridiculously warm inward the summer) together with then I recommend keeping them chilled inward the refrigerator together with then yous tin swallow them amongst less crumble-spillage.

Just await at that sugariness cherry together with buttery crumble goodness. It’s calling your name! This is the PRIME fourth dimension to brand these bars – cherries convey been on sale at all the grocery stores close me lately (under $2/pound). So, larn baking spell the cherries last!

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Cherry Pie Crumble Bars

These Cherry Pie Crumble Bars convey a thick filling made of fresh cherries together with a buttery shortbread crust that doubles every bit the crumble topping!

Course

Dessert, Dessert Bars

Cuisine

Dessert

Keyword

Fresh Cherry Desserts, Fresh Cherry Recipes, Easy Dessert Recipes

Prep Time 15 minutes

Cook Time 34 minutes

Bars Cooling 3 hours

Servings 12 bars

Calories 248 kcal

Author Stephanie Simmons

Ingredients

For the Cherry Filling:

• 
  2 together with 1/2
  cups
  fresh sugariness cherries
  


• 
  1
  TBSP
  sugar
  


• 
  1
  tsp
  corn or tapioca starch
  


• 
  1/2
  tsp
  lemon juice
  


• 
  1/2
  tsp
  almond extract
  

For the Bars:

• 
  1 together with 1/2
  cups
  + 2 TBSP all utilization flour
  


• 
  1/4
  cup
  + 2 TBSP whole wheat flour
  can sub all utilization flour
  


• 
  1 together with 1/4
  cup
  rolled oats
  


• 
  1 together with 1/4
  cup
  brown sugar, packed
  


• 
  1
  tsp
  baking soda
  


• 
  1/4
  tsp
  cinnamon
  


• 
  1/2
  tsp
  salt
  


• 
  15
  TBSP
  salted butter
  

Instructions

1. 
   

   Prep: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Line an 8x8 pan amongst parchment newspaper together with laid aside. Rinse together with pit your cherries, together with piece inward half.

   
   


2. 
   

   Make the bars:  Mix together the flour, oats, chocolate-brown sugar, baking soda, salt, together with cinnamon. Add the melted butter, together with stir until yous convey a crumbly mixture. Reserve 1 together with 2/3 loving cup of the mixture for the transcend of the bars. Press the residue of the mixture into the bottom of prepared pan. Bake for 12 minutes. Let cool for 10 minutes.

   Evenly spread the cherries over the crust. Sprinkle the reserved crumble mixture over the transcend of the peach butter. Return to the oven together with bake for 24-27 minutes - the topping volition await cooked together with lightly browned.

   
   


3. 
   

   Serve + Store: Let cool completely earlier cutting into bars, if yous desire overnice swell squares. If not, dig inward sooner - it volition live a niggling similar a fruit crumble! 

   Store bars inward the fridge, inward an airtight container for upward to five days.

   
   

 

Source: bluebowlrecipes.com