Recipe Flash: Blueberry Treat Bars

Packed with fresh blueberries and berry preserves, these little bars are a delicious treat! Toasted walnuts, oats, brown sugar, and magical cardamom,  make up the crust and topping. An absolute end-of-summer delight!  


This recipe is from Malika Ameen, who was on “Top Chef: Just Desserts." The original title was "Blueberry Oat Bars," but that sounded too healthy so I swapped in "treat" because that's exactly what these are!  Enjoy!

Ingredients

1 stick butter and 3 tablespoons

Walnuts 1 1/4 cup

All purpose flour 1 3/4 cup and 2 tablespoons

Old fashioned rolled oats 1 1/2 cups

Granulated sugar 1/2 cup

Packed Dark brown sugar 1/2 cup

Kosher salt 11/4 teaspoons

Baking soda 1/2 teaspoon

Ground cardamom 3/4 teaspoon

Berry preserves 1 heaping cup

Blueberries 1 1/2 cups

Cornstarch 3/4 teaspoon

Sugar 2 tablespoons Lemon zest, chopped 1/2 teaspoon Lemon juice 1/2 teaspoon Kosher salt 1/4 teaspoon Preparation 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 9 x 13 baking tray and line with parchment paper,  leaving an overhang on two sides. 2. In a small saucepan, melt the butter and set aside to cool. 3. Spread the walnuts on another baking sheet and toast until lightly golden and fragrant,  about 5-6 minutes. Remove from oven and cool. Roughly chop into medium sized chunks. 4. In a medium bowl combine blueberries, sugar, cornstarch, zest, and lemon juice. 5. In a large bowl combine nuts flour, oats sugars, salt, baking soda, and cardamom. Add in  melted butter and mix with a wooden spoon until well combined. 6. Spread 3 cups of flour mixture in the pan and gently press down to form a packed layer.  Spread preserves over the crumb mixture. Now add the blueberry mixture and spread evenly.  Evenly sprinkle the remaining dough over the blueberries. 7. Bake for approximately 1 hour until top is golden brown. Cool and cut into squares.

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