Blueberry Pie Bars

So, unfortunately my clothes that I have ordered haven't arrived yet, so the haul post will have to be postponed for a bit.

Also, I have barely had time to bake, so I don't think I will be able to do a July Favorites blog post, but hopefully an August one. Sorry if some of you were looking forward to that!

 

It is that time of year when I absolutely love fruit, and anything with fruit in it!

I had massive heaps of blueberries that I needed to use up before leaving for vacation next week.

I really wanted to try a recipe that I had never done before.

I found this recipe, and only slightly tweaked it.

Because I had no sour cream in my house, I simply substituted it for plain Greek yogurt.

Using the Greek yogurt cuts out a lot of calories and fats that are unneeded, as the recipe already has a good amount of butter.

I doubt that the taste is much different, and it didn't ruin the recipe because these bars were DELICIOUS!!

 

 

Blueberry Pie Bars

 

Ingredients:

 

Crust & Topping

1 1/2 cups all purpose flour

3/4 cup sugar

pinch salt

1 1/2 sticks cold butter (cubed)

Filling

3 cups fresh blueberries

2 eggs

1 cup sugar

1/3 cup all purpose flour

1/2 cup plain Greek yogurt

pinch salt

 

Instructions:

 

1. Grease 9x13 glass baking dish- set aside.

2. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

3. Add flour, sugar, salt & cubed butter to mixing bowl, beat until combined & crumbly. 

4. Take 1 cup of mixture & set aside. Take remaining mixture & firmly press into your baking dish, covering the bottom. Bake 15 minutes. 

5. While crust is baking- whisk eggs in a large bowl.

6. Add sugar, sour cream, flour & salt. 

7. Gently fold in blueberries. Set aside.

8. When crust is ready - remove from oven & add filling.

9/ Gently spooning over the top of the crust. Sprinkle with remaining crust mixture you had set aside. 

10. Bake 1 hour or until top is lightly browned. 

11. Cool before serving if eating alone. If serving warm- add a scoop of vanilla ice cream on top!