Baking with Great-Grandma

Recently I saw a post on a friend's facebook wall for some delicious looking treats.  I checked out the recipes and thought that it would be fun for Peyton and I to bake something together.  Since I am not a blueberry fan, I decided to substitute raspberries (don't ask about shopping for raspberries... and I will never buy raspberries from Fry's again!!) 

Anyway, here is the recipe and a few pictures. 

Blueberry Raspberry Crumb Bars
Adapted from Smitten Kitchen
Makes 32 bars - ummmm... only if you cut them REALLY small...
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1 cup white sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup cold unsalted butter (2 sticks or 8 ounces)
1 egg
1/4 teaspoon salt
Zest and juice of one lemon
4 cups fresh blueberries raspberries
1/4 cup white sugar
4 teaspoons cornstarch substituted flour for the cornstarch but I can't remember the conversion
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1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease a 9×13 inch pan.
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2. In a medium bowl, stir together 1 cup sugar, 3 cups flour, and baking powder. Mix in salt and lemon zest. Use a fork or pastry cutter to blend in the butter and egg. Dough will be crumbly. Pat half of dough into the prepared pan.
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3. In another bowl, stir together the sugar, cornstarch and lemon juice. Gently mix in the blueberries. Sprinkle the blueberry mixture evenly over the crust. Crumble remaining dough over the berry layer.
4. Bake in preheated oven for 45 minutes, or until top is slightly brown. Cool completely before cutting into squares.

  

Unfortunatlely, Peyton did not enjoy the crumb bars and insisted on eating a cookie instead.  Oh well... that left more for me and Grandma! :)