Tuesday Eats

These are without a doubt one of the best homemade desserts that I've had in a while. All the credit of these beautiful and delicious blueberry pie bars goes to my mom. These "pie bars" are soft and oh so good. I'm sure you could also easily substitute the blueberries with another fruit if you're feeling creative. Just do me a favor and make them soon.

Blueberry Pie Bars

via life's simple measures

ingredients:

crust & topping:

1.5 cups. all purpose flour

3/4 c. sugar

1/8 tsp. salt

3/4 c. unsalted butter, chilled

filling:

2 large eggs

1 c. sugar

1/2 c. sour cream (we subbed with greek yogurt)

3/8 c. all purpose flour

1/2 tsp. almond extract

16 oz. fresh blueberries

directions:

Heat oven to 350 F. Grease an 8x8 in. pan with non-stick spray and set aside.

For the crust, combine the flour, sugar and salt in a food processor or blender. Cut the butter into 1/2 in. pieces and add to the flour mixture. Process until the butter is evenly distributed but the mixture is still crumbly.

Reserve 1.5 cups of the mixture for the topping and set aside. Press the remaining mixture into the bottom of the prepared pan. 

For the filling, whisk eggs in a large bowl, then add the sugar, sour cream (or greek yogurt), flour and almond extract. Gently fold in the blueberries. Spoon the filling over the crust and sprinkle the reserved topping mixture evenly over the filling.

Bake 45-55 minutes, until the top turns golden brown. Cool one hour before cutting and serving.

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