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EASY BLUEBERRY PIE BARS


Ingredients
  • Crust and Topping
  • 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • pinch salt
  • 3/4 cup cold butter cut into cubes

For the filling
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1/3 cup all purpose flour
  • 1/2 cup sour cream
  • pinch salt
  • 3 cups fresh blueberries - Frozen can be substituted

Instructions
  1. Spray a 9x13 glass baking dish with non stick spray - set aside.
  2. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  3. Add flour, sugar, salt and cubed butter to mixing bowl, beat until combined and crumbly. (DO NOT OVER MIX or you will have a cookie dough consistency. It should be crumbly)
  4. Remove one cup of flour mixture and set aside.
  5. Take remaining mixture and firmly press into your baking dish, covering the bottom.
  6. Bake 10-12 minutes or until just firm to the touch and no brown on the sides. It will continue to bake after you add the topping.
  7. While crust is baking- whisk eggs in a large bowl.
  8. Add sugar, sour cream, flour and salt.
  9. Gently fold in blueberries. (if using frozen, do not fold in blueberries until you are ready to pour into prepared pie crust to avoid your batter turning blue).
  10. When crust is ready - remove from oven and add filling. Gently spooning over the top of the crust.
  11. Sprinkle with remaining crust mixture you had set aside.
  12. Bake 1 hour or until top is lightly browned.
  13. Cool 10 minutes before slicing.

This article and recipe adapted from this site