Blueberry muffin bars recipe

Story By: Philipina Badu

Ingredients

Oat Streusel Topping

  • 3/4 cup rolled oats
  • 1/2 cup all purpose flour
  • 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1/2 cup cold butter, cubed

Bars

  • 2 1/4 cups all purpose flour
  • 1 tablespoon baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 3/4 cup white sugar
  • 1/2 cup vegetable oil
  • 3/4 cup milk
  • 2 large eggs
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 2 cups fresh or frozen blueberries

 

 

Directions

  1. Gather all ingredients. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a 10×15-inch baking pan with cooking spray.

  2. Prepare oat streusel topping: stir oats, flour, brown sugar, and cinnamon together in a large bowl. Cut in butter with a pastry blender until the mixture is crumbly. Set aside.

    A bowl of dry ingredients possibly oats and flour prepared for baking
    Photographer: Jason Donnelly / Food Styling: Shannon Goforth / Prop Styling: Kristen Schooley
  3. For bars, whisk flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt together in a bowl.

    A hand using a whisk to mix dry ingredients in a glass bowl
    Photographer: Jason Donnelly / Food Styling: Shannon Goforth / Prop Styling: Kristen Schooley
  4. Whisk together white sugar and oil in a large bowl until well combined. Whisk in milk, eggs, and vanilla extract.

    A hand whisking batter in a glass bowl
    Photographer: Jason Donnelly / Food Styling: Shannon Goforth / Prop Styling: Kristen Schooley
  5. Stir flour mixture into egg mixture until just combined.

    Mixing batter in a glass bowl using a blue silicone spatula viewed from above
    Photographer: Jason Donnelly / Food Styling: Shannon Goforth / Prop Styling: Kristen Schooley
  6. Gently fold in blueberries.

    Mixing a batter with blueberries in a glass bowl using a spatula hands holding the bowl and spatula
    Photographer: Jason Donnelly / Food Styling: Shannon Goforth / Prop Styling: Kristen Schooley
  7. Spread batter evenly into the prepared pan.

    Batter with blueberries being spread in a baking pan using a spatula
    Photographer: Jason Donnelly / Food Styling: Shannon Goforth / Prop Styling: Kristen Schooley
  8. Sprinkle streusel topping evenly over batter.

    Hand adding crumble topping to blueberry muffin batter in a pan
    Photographer: Jason Donnelly / Food Styling: Shannon Goforth / Prop Styling: Kristen Schooley
  9. Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the centre comes out clean, 25 to 28 minutes.

    Baked oatmeal bars on a tray cooling on a rack
    Photographer: Jason Donnelly / Food Styling: Shannon Goforth / Prop Styling: Kristen Schooley
  10. Let bars cool in the pan on a wire rack 20 to 30 minutes before slicing and serving

    Two plates each holding a blueberry muffin bar with crumb topping
    Photographer: Jason Donnelly / Food Styling: Shannon Goforth / Prop Styling: Kristen Schooley
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