Let’s eat a summer...bar!

31 July 2020
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Serves
For 9 bars
prepTime
Prep time
10 minutes
totalTime
Total time
30 - 35 minutes
Ingredients

2 cups fresh cherries , pitted, each sliced in half
1/2 cup unsalted butter melted , cooled to room temperature
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1 ½  cup all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
1 tbsp cornstarch
1 tbsp lemon juice
1 tsp granulated sugar (to sprinkle on top)

 

Method
Preheat the oven to 190C.
Line a square 20cm baking pan with parchment paper. Butter the sides and bottom of the lined pan. Set aside.
In a medium mixing bowl, stir together cherries, cornstarch and lemon juice.
In a large mixing bowl, stir together melted butter and sugar. Add flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt and stir with a fork until the mixture resembles crumbs.
Reserve 3/4 cup of mixture.
Press remaining crumb mixture into the bottom of the pan. Spread cherry filling over the crust.
Sprinkle remaining crumb mixture over cherries.
Sprinkle sugar over crumb topping. Bake bars for 23 to 25 minutes OR until the top is golden.
Let them cool completely before cutting.
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