Description
Delicious cherry crumb bars with a buttery shortbread base and a sweet cherry filling.
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 cups pitted cherries, measure after pitting & slicing in half
- 1 tablespoon granulated sugar, use 3 tablespoons if using sour cherries
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch (16 grams)
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice, freshly squeezed
- 3/4 cup unsalted butter (168 grams), melted
- 1 3/4 cup all-purpose flour (219 grams)
- 2/3 cup granulated sugar (133 grams)
- 3 tablespoons cornstarch (24 grams)
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 325F (170C).
- Line an 8×8 inch (20×20 cm) pan with parchment paper, leaving an overhang around the edges.
- Ensure your cherries are pitted and slice each cherry in half or quarters.
- In a medium bowl, toss together the ingredients for the cherry filling: cherries, 1 tablespoon sugar, 2 tablespoons cornstarch and fresh lemon juice. Set aside.
- In a separate large bowl, whisk together the dry ingredients for the shortbread layer: 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour, 2/3 cup granulated sugar, 3 tablespoons cornstarch and 1/4 teaspoon salt.
- Stir/whisk the melted butter into the flour mixture until crumbly.
- Press a little more than half of the shortbread layer into the prepared pan.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 15-20 minutes, or until the top looks set. Remove from the oven, but leave the oven turned on.
- With the reserved shortbread mixture, stir in the 1 tablespoon of brown sugar.
- Spoon the cherry mixture on top of the baked shortbread base, avoiding excess juice.
- Crumble the remaining shortbread/crumb mixture over the cherry layer.
- Return the pan to the oven and bake for about 25 minutes or until the top is golden yellow.
- Cool the bars completely for 3-4 hours.
- Lift the bars out of the pan using the parchment paper and slice with a sharp knife.
Notes
- For sour cherries, increase the sugar to 3 tablespoons.
- Ensure the bars are completely cool before slicing for the best texture.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 40 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 bar
- Calories: 200
- Sugar: 10g
- Sodium: 100mg
- Fat: 9g
- Saturated Fat: 5g
- Unsaturated Fat: 4g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 30g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 2g
- Cholesterol: 20mg