Delicious Blueberry Squares!

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 9
• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 1 1/2 cups old-fashioned oatmeal
• 3/4 cup brown sugar, plus
• 2 tablespoons brown sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon (or to taste)
• 1 cup cold butter, cut in chunks
• 3 cups blueberries
• 3/4 cup sugar (or to taste)
• 2 -3 tablespoons cornstarch
• 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice

Recipe

• 1 butter a 7 x 11-inch baking pan.
• 2 line bottom with a sheet of parchment paper; set aside.
• 3 in a food processor, put the flour, oatmeal, brown sugar, baking powder, salt and cinnamon; pulse to blend for 20 seconds.
• 4 add in the cold butter chunks, and pulse to cut in the butter into the dry ingredients until you have a crumbly mass (not dry, but not sticking together).
• 5 toss together the berry mixture with the sugar, cornstarch and lemon juice.
• 6 spread/pat (lightly) half of the oatmeal mixture on the bottom of the pan.
• 7 top/spread with the blueberry/cornstarch mixture as evenly as you can.
• 8 top/sprinkle with the remaining oatmeal mixture, and press down slightly.
• 9 chill the pan for 30 minutes (this is important! must be chilled).
• 10 set oven to 350 degrees.
• 11 bake for 30-40 minutes, or until the fruit starts to bubble.
• 12 cool pan very well before cutting, or refrigerate for 2-3 hours before cutting into squares.
• 13 delicious!