* Ex****ted from MasterCook *
Blueberry-Lemon Crumb Bars
Recipe By :Ladies' Home Journal
Serving Size : 24 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Bars Cookies
Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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2 cups all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons sugar
2 teaspoons grated lemon peel
1 pinch salt
1/2 cup cold butter or margarine -- cut up
1 large egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups fresh blueberries
1/4 cup sugar
1/8 teaspoon nutmeg
Confectioners sugar
Crumb Topping
5 tablespoons butter -- softened
1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
3/4 cup all-purpose flour
Preheat oven to 400ºF. Grease 13 x 9-inch baking pan.
Combine flour, sugar, lemon peel and salt in food processor. Pulse. With
machine on, add butter through feed tube.
Whisk egg with vanilla in bowl. With machine on, add through feed tube
until
combined. (mixture will be crumbly.)
Press evenly into prepared pan.
Bake 12 to 15 minutes, until golden. (Crust will crack.) Cool.
Make crumb topping: Meanwhile, stir butter and brown sugar in medium bowl
until smooth. Stir in flour.
Sprinkle blueberries over baked crust.
Combine sugar and nutmeg in cup and sprinkle over berries. Crumble on
topping.
Bake 20 to 25 minutes, until browned. Cool.
Sprinkle with confectioners sugar.
Cut into 2 1/4 x 2-inch bars.
