1 3/4 cup Quaker Oats, uncooked1-1/2 cup whole wheat flour
3/4 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
3/4 cup melted unsalted butter
2 cups frozen organic blueberries
1/2 cup organic sugar
3 tablespoons water
2 tablespoons cornstarch
2 teaspoons lemon juice + 2 tablespoons lemon zest
Heat oven to 350 F.
Grease or butter your backing pan, I used a 9x9 Pyrex dish and had some crust leftover, so I suggest using an 11x7. Combine oats, flour, brown sugar, nuts, baking soda and salt in a large bowl. Add the melted butter and mix with your (clean!) hands until the mixture is crumbly. Reserve 3/4 cup of the mixture and press remaining crust mixture into your baking dish. Bake for 10 minutes. Meanwhile, combine blueberries, organic sugar and 2 tablespoons of water in a saucepan. Bring everything to a boil, then simmer for 2 minutes, making sure to stir it occasionally. Combine the remaining tablespoon of water, your cornstarch, and lemon juice. Slowly stir into the blueberry mixture; cook and stir until thickened, about 30-45 seconds. If clumps form, whisk them out. Add lemon zest, stir in thoroughly. Spread over partially baked crust and sprinkle with reserved oat mixture, lightly pressing it down. Bake for 20 minutes or until topping is golden brown. Allow it to cool (at least an hour) and cut into bars. Store covered at room temperature.
Thank you! I've been looking at other things I can bake blueberries in (besides my usual of a crisp and banana-blueberry loaf). :)
ReplyDeleteBanana Blueberry Loaf?!
ReplyDeleteYeah, or maybe "blueberry banana loaf"...OK, I just checked: "Banana Blueberry Breakfast Loaf". :)
ReplyDeleteI re-read your direction and LOL @ your comment about mixing with "clean" hands. I wash my hands so often, they're chapped, but when we go over to friends' houses for dinner, I try not to think about how they pet their dogs, or do whatever, and go back to food prepping without washing their hands. ;P