Comments on: Blueberry Pie Bars

By: Alex Overhiser

Alex Overhiser — Thu, 14 Mar 2024 15:40:51 +0000

In reply to Brandy Heckenbach. Thank you for making them!

By: Brandy Heckenbach

Brandy Heckenbach — Wed, 13 Mar 2024 19:48:03 +0000

Awesome bars. This is an easy recipe to make and works with more than just blueberries. Adding blackberries to the mix is equally awesome. Just keep it to 2 cups total fruit.
I made these for our ladies Bible study luncheon and they loved them!! Thanks for sharing!!

By: Sonja Overhiser

Sonja Overhiser — Fri, 21 Jul 2023 17:12:04 +0000

In reply to Catherine Yoell. This is the way we do all our crumble and crisp recipes, and it works for bars too! But you can also do the butter and sugar first. Just personal preference! Thanks for making!

By: Taj P

Taj P — Thu, 20 Jul 2023 12:37:40 +0000

Delicious bars. My family tends to prefer less sweet fruit fillings (I usually use about half of recommended sugar in other fruit desserts like crisps and crumbles) and will reduce the sugar in the fruit next time.

One change: I used my food processor for the crumb mixture, pulsing the crumb ingredients WITHOUT THE OATS until the dough was as described, then adding in the oats and mixing by hand (don’t want to chop up the oats). Super fast and I doubt they tasted any different. I find cutting butter in to be a tedious task that I just don’t enjoy.

By: Catherine Yoell

Catherine Yoell — Sat, 15 Jul 2023 04:02:01 +0000

These are so delicious and so easy to make. I made them with frozen blueberries, and they definitely worked well :) Just a question… I usually blend the butter and sugar together then add the flour/oatmeal etc., was there any reason why you added the butter to all of the ingredients? It wasn’t quite as easy to blend, but perhaps it made it more crumbly? Whatever the reason, it was yummy. Thanks for the recipe!

By: Sonja Overhiser

Sonja Overhiser — Wed, 12 Jul 2023 16:33:55 +0000

In reply to Christine Morelli.

Great question! We have not tried this before. However, a 9 x9 pan has a volume of 8 cups and a 9 x 13 pan has a volume of 14 cups, so you could try 1.5 the recipe in a 9 x 13? You could probably also even double it in a 9 x 13 and just adjust the bake time to be slightly longer since it will be a little thicker. I don’t think it would overflow! Here’s a pan size resource: https://www.joyofbaking.com/PanSizes.html

By: Sonja Overhiser

Sonja Overhiser — Wed, 12 Jul 2023 16:14:20 +0000

In reply to Elaine. This was a typo -- thanks for letting me know! The bake time is 1 hour!

By: Elaine

Elaine — Sat, 08 Jul 2023 16:09:23 +0000

Hi, can you please clarify the cooking time of these blueberry bars? The cooking time at the top of the recipe says 40 mins but you say to bake for 1 hour in the recipe.

By: Christine Morelli

Christine Morelli — Fri, 07 Jul 2023 19:37:24 +0000

Hi there – thank you so much for this recipe! Blueberries are a favorite in our home also. With three teenagers, I’m wondering if this recipe can be doubled and baked on a large 11×17 baking sheet? Photos make me think the bars are thin enough, but I’m worried about overflow, so perfectly willing to bake in two dishes. Grateful for your site – so many wonderful recipes and ideas. :)

By: Rin

Rin — Wed, 05 Jul 2023 06:42:06 +0000

Not only are these Blueberry Pie Bars incredibly tasty, but they’re also a breeze to make. Thank for share recipe!