Crumbly moist pie dough with sweet juicy blackberries combine to make these Blackberry Pie Bars! Get the deliciousness of pie without rolling out the pie dough!
Prep Time15 minutesminutes
Cook Time45 minutesminutes
Total Time1 hourhour
Ingredients
Dough:
3cupsall-purpose flour
1cupgranulated sugar
1teaspoonbaking powder
1teaspooncinnamon
¼teaspoonsalt
Zest and juice of one lemon, divided
1cup (2 sticks)cold unsalted butter, cut into 1 inch slices
1largeegg
2teaspoonsvanilla extract
Filling:
½cupgranulated sugar
4cupsfresh blackberries
4teaspoonscornstarch
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 375°F. Grease a 9×13 inch pan.
In a food processor, pulse together flour, sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, salt and lemon zest. Add the butter, egg and vanilla extract. Pulsing until dough is crumbly.
Pat half of dough into the bottom of the prepared pan, saving the remaining dough for the topping.
In a medium bowl, stir together the 1/2 cup sugar, cornstarch and lemon juice. Gently mix in the blackberries. Sprinkle the blackberry mixture evenly over the crust. Crumble remaining dough over the berry layer.
Bake in preheated oven for about 45 minutes, or until top is slightly brown (you are only looking for the top to slightly brown, if you cook for too long – the bottom will burn).
Cool completely before cutting into squares. Store in an airtight container.