Blueberry Lemon Pie Bars
Blueberry Lemon Pie Bars start with a buttery crust, followed by a lemon blueberry cheesecake filling covered with a crumble topping and lemon glaze.You might also love my Rhubarb Dessert Bars! Blueberry Lemon Pie Bars The flavors of lemon and blueberry are a perfect pair.The lemon is a great contrast to the sweetness in the blueberries.
In fact, I have quite a few desserts with this combination from my Lemon Blueberry Cake to Blueberry Lemon Heaven Dessert and Lemon Blueberry Sweet Rolls, just to name a few.I even added some lemon flavor to both the crumble topping and glaze.Ingredients & Substitutions There are four parts to this recipe–crust, filling, crumble topping, and glaze.
Crust: Use cold butter in the crust.It’s one of the few times that I will not recommend you to use room temperature butter.Using cold butter will give the crust that flakiness.
Blueberries: I used (and prefer) fresh blueberries in this recipe.Lemon flavor: Use lemon juice in the filling and glaze; the lemon extract is added to the crumble topping mixture.How to Make the Crust The crust will be baked before adding the filling.
I prefer using my hands to mix the ingredients; however, you could also use a food processor or pastry cutter.Remember, the diced butter should be cold when making the crust.Why Use Cold Butter? Yes, I usually stress using room-temperature ingredients, including butter, in most of my recipes.
However, for the flakiest cr
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