Very Berry Bars Recipes

VERY BERRY RHUBARB BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 13x9-inch baking dish.
• Mix 2 cups flour, 1/2 cup brown sugar, and 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon together in a bowl. Cut 1 cup unsalted butter into the flour mixture until crumbs form; press into bottom of prepared baking dish.
• Bake crust in preheated oven until golden brown, about 15 minutes.
• Blend eggs, white sugar, 1/2 cup flour, and salt in a blender until smooth; pour into a large bowl. Fold rhubarb, strawberries, and blueberries into the blended egg mixture. Spread the fruit mixture onto the baked crust.
• Mix 1/2 cup flour, 1/2 cup brown sugar, oats, melted butter, and 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon together in a bowl; sprinkle over the fruit mixture.
• Bake in preheated oven until lightly browned on top and the filling has set, 45 to 50 minutes.

BERRY CRUMB BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease one 13x9-inch pan.
• Combine 1 cup of the sugar, the flour, baking powder, salt, ground cinnamon, shortening, and egg. Dough will be crumbly. Pat half of the dough into the prepared pan.
• Combine the remaining 1/2 cup sugar, the cornstarch and berries. Place mixture over dough in pan. Crumble the remaining dough over the tops of the berries.
• Bake in the preheated oven until top is slightly browned, about 45 minutes.

VERY BERRY CHEERIOS™ BARS

Steps:

• Line 8-inch square pan with cooking parchment paper, leaving paper overhanging on two sides. Spray paper with cooking spray.
• In 4-quart saucepan, melt butter over medium heat. Add marshmallows; cook and stir until melted. Remove from heat; gently stir in cereal and 1 cup of the freeze-dried berries until evenly coated with marshmallow mixture. Spread in pan. Spray or butter hands, and firmly press mixture in pan.
• Sprinkle top of bars with remaining 1/2 cup freeze-dried berries. In small microwavable bowl, melt chips uncovered on High in 30-second bursts, stirring between each, until melted and smooth. Drizzle over bars. Let stand at room temperature until firm, about 2 hours. Lift from pan by paper overhangs to remove. Cut into 4 rows by 4 rows.

VERY BERRY PIE BARS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees. Mist a 9- by 13-inch baking pan with nonstick spray and set aside.
• Make crust and crumbs: Add sugar, salt and lemon zest to bowl of electric mixer. Mix on medium speed until combined and fragrant, about 1 minute. (This infuses the sugar with some of the lemon oils.) Add flour and butter and mix on medium until crumbs form. With mixer on, dribble in almond extract (add the extract only after you have sufficiently cut the butter and dry ingredients into crumbs; if you add it too soon, it will clump right away). Continue mixing until crumbs get more moist and look like they might begin to clump.
• Press about half the dough into the bottom of prepared pan. Place pan in hot oven and bake for 10 minutes. Remove from oven and let cool about 10 minutes, while working on the rest of the recipe.
• Meanwhile, add nutmeg to the remaining crumbs, and mix until combined. Remove crumbs to a separate bowl and set crumbs aside.
• Make filling: In same mixing bowl (no need to wash it), beat eggs, sugar, sour cream and vanilla until well mixed. Add flour and stir in until combined. Gently fold in berries by hand, taking care not to mash them.
• Pour berry mixture evenly over partially baked crust. Sprinkle with reserved crumbs and bake 60 minutes.
• Remove from oven and cool about 1 hour.
• Cut into 24 pieces if serving in small bars, or 12 for a plated dessert.

VERY BERRY PIE BARS

Steps:

• Preheat: Preheat oven to 350F. Generously grease a 9x13 pan along bottom and sides. Set aside.
• Make Crust: In bowl of a food processor, lightly pulse together the flour, sugar, and lemon zest just until blended. Cut cold butter into slices and add to bowl. With a few short pulses, cut the butter into flour mixture just until mixture is crumbly. Small bits of butter remaining is fine. (Alternatively, you can use a pastry cutter if you don't have a food processor.) Set aside 1 1/2 cups of the flour/butter mixture for the topping. Pour the rest of the mixture into bottom of prepared baking pan. Press firmly for an even layer of crust on bottom of pan. (It's easy to press evenly with the flat bottom of a water glass or ramekin.) Bake crust about 15 minutes or until golden. Remove baked crust from oven, but keep oven on.
• Make Filling: Combine eggs, sugar, Greek yogurt, flour, salt, lemon juice, and vanilla. Whisk until smooth. Carefully fold in the berries with rubber spatula. Gently spread filling over the baked crust. Sprinkle reserved topping over the filling, to make an even layer of crumble topping.
• Bake: Bake about 75 min to 90 min or until topping turns golden and bars are set. Cool completely at room temp before putting in fridge to chill. Chill several hours or overnight. Cut and serve cold.

DOUBLE BERRY BARS

Steps:

• For the crust: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly grease an 8-inch square baking pan with cooking spray.
• Stir together the graham cracker crumbs, sugar, melted butter and salt in a bowl. Press into an even layer in the bottom of the pan. Bake the crust until set, 10 to 12 minutes. Remove from the oven and let cool. Reduce the oven temperature to 325 degrees F.
• For the filling: Beat the cream cheese and sugar in the bowl of a stand mixer with the paddle attachment until creamy. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating until the yellow disappears. Add the sour cream, lemon juice and vanilla extract and beat until smooth. Pour the batter over the cooled crust. Bake until the cheesecake is firm and set, 35 to 40 minutes. Remove from the oven. Run a knife around the edges and let the cheesecake cool completely. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 2 hours or up to overnight.
• For the topping: Cut the cheesecake into 12 bars. Coat a straw or a chopstick with cooking spray. Press down in the center of each bar to form a space for the jam, cleaning after each use. Pipe the jams alternately into the center of each bar, then drizzle with the melted white chocolate.

BERRY-BERRY STREUSEL BARS

Steps:

• For crust:
• Preheat oven to 375°F. Butter 13x9x2-inch glass baking dish. Combine first 4 ingredients in medium bowl. Add butter; rub with fingertips until mixture resembles coarse meal. Press half of crumb mixture onto bottom of prepared pan. Bake crust until light brown, about 15 minutes. Cool slightly.
• For filling:
• Mix blueberries, jam, flour and lemon peel in bowl.
• Spread filling over crust. Sprinkle remaining crumb mixture over. Bake until topping is golden, about 35 minutes. Cool in pan. Cut into squares and serve.

MERRY BERRY CHEESE BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• In a large mixing bowl, combine flour, oats, 3/4 cup sugar and butter; mix until crumbly.
• Reserve 1 1/2 cups crumb mixture.
• Press remaining crumbs firmly into the bottom of a greased 13 x 9 pan.
• Bake for 15 minutes.
• Meanwhile, in a small mixing bowl, beat cheese until fluffy.
• Gradually beat in condensed milk until smooth.
• Stir in lemon juice.
• Spread evenly over prepared crust.
• In a small bowl, combine remaining 1 tablespoon sugar and cornstarch; stir in cranberry sauce.
• Spoon evenly over cheese layer.
• Top with reserved crumb mixture.
• Bake 40 minutes or until golden.
• Cool.
• Chill.
• Store covered in refrigerator.

BERRY CRUMBLE BARS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Spray a 9-inch square baking pan with baking spray and line with parchment paper, leaving an overhang on two sides of the pan (for easy removal after baking).
• For the fruit: In a medium bowl, toss together the berries, sugar, lemon zest and juice, vanilla and salt. Set aside.
• For the crumble: In a large bowl, combine the flour, oats, brown sugar and salt. Add the butter and use your hands to work the butter into the oat mixture until crumbly and combined.
• Press a little more than half of the crumble into your prepared pan. Pour the sugared berries over the pressed crust and top with the remaining crumble.
• Bake the bars for 25 minutes, then reduce the oven temperature to 350 degrees F and continue baking until the center is bubbly and the topping is golden, 30 to 35 minutes. Let cool completely, lift out of the pan and slice into 16 bars.