{"id":846,"date":"2023-05-15T14:31:36","date_gmt":"2023-05-15T19:31:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/easygayoven.com\/?p=846"},"modified":"2023-07-10T09:44:31","modified_gmt":"2023-07-10T14:44:31","slug":"blueberry-pie-bars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/easygayoven.com\/blueberry-pie-bars\/","title":{"rendered":"Blueberry Pie Bars"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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For these blueberry pie bars, I started with the idea of a cornmeal crust and topping. But I *really* wanted to do a lattice top because I care about things like that. The cornmeal made the dough a bad candidate for the rolling, cutting and manhandling that lattice requires. Therefore, that ingredient left the chat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This dough is pretty close to my sugar cookie dough<\/a>, but with a little lemon zest. And it comes together in the food processor, stand mixer on a large bowl with a hand mixer. Because I wanted to keep the bottom crust more slack so you could spread it into the tin, I have a little trick. Mix the dough, then spread half of it into the tin, then add another 1\/4-cup all-purpose flour into the remaining dough. This makes the resulting dough more firm, and way easier to handle and weave in a lattice.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The lattice weaving technique can be intimidating (and maybe a little tedious). I get it. So if you don\u2019t want to do it, you can always roll out the dough to 1\/4-inch or 1\/6-inch thickness. Then, cut shapes out like stars, hearts, and scatter them over the top. Or, you could roll out a 9×9-inch square, about the same thickness. Then, cut shapes out of that, freeze it, then transfer it to the tin to be top of the bars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cook your blueberry filling more than you think you need to. If you don\u2019t reduce the berries enough, as the bars bake, the blueberries can re-hydrate the filling. This makes them difficult to cut.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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For super clean cut lines, I recommend chilling your bars for a couple of hours after they cool, even freezing them helps a lot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Because I want you to WIN! I\u2019m including this video of me weaving the lattice. I accidentally did 11 vertical strips instead of 10 and had to cut that part off later so it could fit in the tin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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