Easy Blueberry Pie Bars! – Made with fresh ingredients and the crust does double duty as the topping making this a super easy treat!
If I were a blueberry, this is how I would wanna go out….
This recipe is one I posted way long ago, when my blog was just a baby. Now it is old, the blog I mean…well the blogger is too…
But it’s okay because we have Blueberry Pie Bars!
I love getting older, some day I’ll tell you all about it. The aches, the pains, the urge to watch Let’s Make a Deal. And when did Bob Barker get so hot?
Such a simple recipe. You mix up a standard quick crust of flour, butter etc. Remove one cup before pressing in the bottom of pan, to use for the crumble on top. (I am giving you a visual of this so you don’t forget this step… I am old. I always forget this step).
Mix up your filling ingredients that include eggs and sour cream …yes sour cream! How clever is that?
Us oldies, we got the secrets!
Now add the fresh or frozen blueberries.
TIP: If using frozen blueberries, toss a tablespoon of flour into them to keep them from bleeding into your bars.
Pour blueberry and batter mix on top of your par baked crust.
Sprinkle the blueberry batter with the cup of crust mixture you set aside earlier.
In the oven it goes!
Cool slightly before serving to make them easier to cut.
These are good fresh out of the oven or served room temp.
This same recipe can be made with pineapple! Delicious and just as easy! PINEAPPLE BARS
More easy desserts please! –
How about this beautiful Orange Bars!
There are Cherry Pie Bars too with easy step by step instructions!
To ageless easy recipes and the people who make them!
Clink!
Kathi
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
- Spray a 9x13 glass baking dish with non stick spray - set aside.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- 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)
- Remove one cup of flour mixture and set aside.
- Take remaining mixture and firmly press into your baking dish, covering the bottom.
- 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.
- While crust is baking- whisk eggs in a large bowl.
- Add sugar, sour cream, flour and salt.
- 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).
- When crust is ready - remove from oven and add filling. Gently spooning over the top of the crust.
- Sprinkle with remaining crust mixture you had set aside.
- Bake 1 hour or until top is lightly browned.
- Cool 10 minutes before slicing.
Notes
Nutrition
Phyllis says
I made this and everyone loves it. I will make this again and add some lemon juice. Also going to try with peaches, will let you know how it turns out!
Melody says
Love these but I did not end up with enough crust mixture for the 9×13, like after I reserved a cup I barely had more than a cup left to spread in the 9×13 so I took it out and used 8×8. I followed exactly except I used green yogurt in the filling. They came out perfect in the 8×8 and baking time was the same but I think the crust to filling ratio is off, it needs more crust. Any idea why I didn’t have enough if I followed measurements for crust and did not overmix? I love these, not too sweet and the topping tastes divine. Thanks!
Kathi & Rachel says
Hi Melody – The recipe is accurate. This is the first Ive heard of the problem with not enough crust. I’m not sure what went wrong but I’m glad you loved them anyway!
Joanne says
Can you freeze any leftovers?
Kathi & Rachel says
Yes, they freeze quite nicely in freezer bags. Thaw at room temp.
Linda says
Hi, I want to make these bars for an event but won’t be eating them for a couple days after I make them (I will be traveling to the event). I was wondering if they can be frozen or will they be ok in the fridge for a couple of days?
Kathi & Rachel says
Hi Linda – yes they freeze quite well and keep in the refridgerator for up to 3-4 days after thawing.
Jackie says
2023 was a bumper crop for our blueberries. I’m taking this dessert to all my social events.
Of course we have a never ending stash in our fridge,foo. thanks
Kathi & Rachel says
Yay! So glad you love it!
Shawna Owens says
This was so easy and I need easy lol! Today is Fathers Day do I hope my husband and my dad both like it! Thank you for the very easy and straightforward instructions.
Maggie says
Hello! Can I make these bars and then freeze them to be eaten say a week or two later?
Kathi & Rachel says
Yes you can freeze these and they will keep for up to 3 months.
Linda Marcuccilli says
Can you substitute brown sugar?
Kathi & Rachel says
I have not tried this recipe with brown sugar so I couldn’t recommend.
Jill says
Can these be frozen?
An excellent recipe & easy
I too substituted with plain Greek yogurt. Didn’t have enough sour cream.
Margaret says
I just made this and it turned out awesome. I read so many blueberry recipes before picking this one that I made a mistake thinking this went in an 8×8 pan and I used an 11×7 pan so they are thicker than they would have been but they still came out pretty
Karen says
I followed the recipes exactly and used frozen blueberries tossed in a bit of flour and it came out great.. super easy to make. Will do it again.
Holly says
I’ve made this about 10 times now with huckleberries though and everyone – I mean everyone raves about how good it is!!!!
Renate says
I made these bars using frozen blueberries turned out awesome and delicious.
Christine Posik says
These were excellent and my adult daughter agreed. Definitely a keeper!
Holly says
This is a great recipe!!! Thank you! I used huckleberries instead of blueberries and it DOES taste like pie!
Mary says
I wonder if you can drop the frozen blueberries on the crust and then put the filling mixture over them? Save your batter from blue.