Blueberry Lemon Crumb Bars

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
• 2 teaspoons freshly grated lemon rind
• 1 pinch salt
• 1/2 cup cold butter or 1/2 cup margarine, cut up
• 1 large egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 5 tablespoons butter, softened
• 1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
• 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 2 cups fresh blueberries
• 1/4 cup granulated sugar
• 1/8 teaspoon nutmeg
• powdered sugar

Recipe

• 1 heat oven to 400°.
• 2 grease 13 x 9-inch baking pan.
• 3 combine flour, granulated sugar, lemon peel and salt in food processor and pulse.
• 4 with machine on, add butter through feed tube.
• 5 whisk egg with vanilla in bowl; with machine on, add through feed tube until combined.
• 6 (mixture will be crumbly) press evenly into prepared pan.
• 7 bake 12 to 15 minutes until golden.
• 8 (crust will crack but that's okay) cool.
• 9 for the crumb topping: stir butter and brown sugar in medium bowl until smooth.
• 10 stir in flour.
• 11 sprinkle blueberries over baked crust.
• 12 combine sugar and nutmeg in cup and sprinkle over berries.
• 13 crumble on topping.
• 14 bake 20 to 25 minutes, until browned.
• 15 cool.
• 16 sprinkle with powdered sugar.
• 17 cut into bars.