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Cranberry Blueberry Crumb Bars. Easy Blueberry Bars. Crumble bars with blueberry cranberry chia layer, shortbread and oat crumb topping. Vegan Recipe. Pin this post.
These bars are a perfect snack. Lightly sweet, lightly sour filling on a shortbread kind of crust topped with the same crust crumb! I used cranberries and blueberries in these. Use any other berries or combination of berries like raspberries, strawberries, black berries. All those antioxidants. Add some almond slivers or seeds on top to make these more filling.
The crust is filled with oats and almonds, some vanilla and cinnamon. The berries are cooked until they break down, then layered on the crust. some of the crust is sprinkled on top. Baked and done. Crumbly, lightly sweet, with a tart sweet berry filling, few ingredients, uses 1 bowl and 1 pan.
More Berry filled Snack and Breakfast options from the blog
- Frozen Strawberry Blueberry bars
- GF Blueberry Chocolate chip muffins
- Blueberry Hazelnut Chocolate Hemp Smoothie bowl
- Spelt almond Blueberry muffins
So crumbly and so fun.
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Mix the dry and wet ingredients of the crust until crumbly. Press into a loaf pan.
Spread the berry mixture then sprinkle left over crust mixture on top. Bake to golden. Cool, slice, share.
Cranberry Blueberry Crumb Bars
Ingredients
For the Cranberry Blueberry layer:
- 3/4 to 1 cup blueberries, fresh or frozen
- 1/2 cup cranberries, fresh or frozen
- 2 tsp lime juice
- 2 tbsp sugar, raw or other
- 3 tbsp water
- 1 tsp chia seeds
Crust:
- 3/4 cup whole wheat flour
- 3/4 cup old fashioned oats, use certified gf if needed
- 1/4 cup almond flour
- 1/4 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 1/4 to 1/3 cup ground sugar, unrefined raw or other
- 2 tbsp solid coconut oil
- 1 tsp lime juice
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 tbsp or more almond milk
Instructions
Cranberry Blueberry layer:
- Mix everything in a saucepan and cook over medium heat for 8 to 10 minutes or until most of the berries break down. Mash some the berries.
For the crust:
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F / 180ºc.
- In a bowl, add all ingredients through sugar. mix well. Add oil, lime juice and vanilla and mix in well with your hands.
- Sprinkle almond milk on the mixture and mix until the mixture is crumbly but starts to stick together.
- Press 3/4 of the mixture in a parchment lined pan until even. (9 by 5 inch)
- Pour the blueberry cranberry mix on the crust and spread evenly.
- Spread rest of the crust on top to make the crumb. spray oil on top (optional)
- Bake for 35 minutes or longer until golden on top. Cool for 10 mins, then remove from the pan. Cool another 10 mins or more before slicing. Store on the counter for the day or refrigerated for upto 4 days.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
How long can these bars stay on the shelf?
on the counter for 1 day. Then refrigerate for upto 5
Tried these bars yesterday with a fresh batch of strawberry jam and they are super delicious. Love that your recipe incorporated almond flour. Thanks for your lovely recipes.
awesome!
These were so good! And so healthy! Thank you Richa for this recipe! Looking forward to making more from your recipes!
Awesome!
These look amazing. Will be trying them for sure! And you’re a gal after my own heart! Serves 2!!!! 😉
PS – love all your recipes I’ve tried!
Our kids helped us make these and we all loved the delicious results! Thank you for the lovely recipe. I look forward to trying many more of your recipes.
That is amazing! So glad it turned out well and everyone loved the process and the result!
I’ve just made these and can not wait to eat them…they look so good!! Richa you’re my food inspiration, can’t get enough of your recipes!
Dear Richa
I love the recipe just one question my bar were not as crunchy next day. Any idea why?
How many days yours remains crunchy and crispy?
it depends on many factors. Moisture content in the compote, baking time etc. for crispier bars, bake them a bit longer. My bars were crispy for 2 days and then the topping started to get moist on the third.
Hello! I am very interested in making these but I have 3 questions:
I am trying not to have any white sugar..can I use coconut sugar? Will it turn out the same?
Also can I used dried cranberries instead of fresh or frozen?
Also can I use oat flour instead of whole wheat flour?
Thanks 🙂
-Sara
1. Yes coconut sugar will work. It might add color to the bars. I use raw unrefined sugar.
2. no, you can use frozen cranberries or blueberries.
3. yes, oat flour should work.