Fruit Crumb Bars

This is 1 of those wonderfully versatile recipes that is merely every bit expert alongside apple tree filling, every bit it is alongside cherry filling, or blueberry; any your menage unit of measurement likes the best.

The crumb crust/topping goes together inwards merely a couplet minutes alongside the nutrient processor in addition to if y'all tin hold back long plenty for the bars to cool downward to room temperature, they cutting beautifully. We (obviously) couldn't hold back that long (in the photograph below).




CRUMB CRUST/TOPPING
3 cups all role flour
1 cup white sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 loving cup COLD butter (cubed)
1 egg, beaten

Put the flour, sugar, baking pulverisation tabular array salt and cubed butter into the nutrient processor in addition to pulse until good mixed.  If y'all don't convey a nutrient processor, practice it alongside a pastry cutter in addition to operate it until the butter is good mixed. Add egg in addition to mix good (it volition expect similar coarse sand).

Press HALF of this mixture into a greased 9" x 13" baking dish.  Top alongside fruit filling in addition to transcend alongside the other one-half of the crumb mixture.

Bake at 375° if y'all are using a metallic baking pan or 350° if y'all are using glass, for forty minutes or until transcend crumbs are calorie-free golden.

If y'all cool the bars completely earlier y'all cutting them,
they volition cutting really neatly (it is non necessary, but it
makes for a prettier presentation.
 
CHERRY FRUIT FILLING (or occupation your favorite filling)
(2) fourteen ounce cans tart pie cherries packed inwards water
1 1/2 cups carbohydrate (DIVIDED)
4 tablespoons + 2 teaspoon cornstarch
pinch of salt
1/2 teaspoon almond extract (do non live out out)

Drain the cherries, but salve the juice.  Put one loving cup of the juice inwards a saucepan in addition to add together HALF of the sugar, the cornstarch in addition to salt. Bring to a boil in addition to gear upwards until prissy in addition to thick.

Remove from rut in addition to stir inwards the OTHER HALF of the sugar, the cherries in addition to the almond extract. 

Glaze   (optional)
2 tablespoon butter melted
2 cups powdered sugar
3-4 tablespoons milk
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon almond extract (do non live out out)

While bars are however a picayune warm, mix ii tablespoons melted butter alongside ii cups powdered sugar, most three or iv tablespoons of milk in addition to 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract in addition to 1/2 teaspoon almond extract. Whisk until smoothen in addition to drizzle over fruit bars.

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