Summer Fruit Crostata Bars |
For the Crust:
2C AP Flour
1t Baking Powder
½t Salt
1 Stick of Unsalted Butter, Softened
1C Granulated Sugar
¼t Cinnamon
For the Summer Fruit Filling:
2C Fresh Peaches, Diced
2C Ripe Black Plums, Diced
1 ½C Fresh Blueberries
2T Orange Juice
½t Grated Orange Zest
½C AP Flour
1C Granulated Sugar
Pinch of Salt
½t Cinnamon
¼t Nutmeg
For the Crostata Topping:
1 ½C AP Flour
½C Sugar
½t Baking Powder
Pinch of Salt & Cinnamon
1 Stick of Unsalted Butter, Cold
1 Egg, Lightly Beaten
Directions:
1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and line a 13x9-baking pan with foil and spray the bottom and the sides, and then set aside.2. To Make the Crust: In a medium bowl, sift together flour, baking powder, and salt. In large bowl, using a mixer on medium speed, beat together the butter and sugar until creamy, about 1-2 minutes. And then, reduce the speed to low and beat in the flour mixture until just combined and crumbly. Press the mixture into the bottom of the prepared pan. Bake for 15 minutes or until light golden around the edges. Remove from the oven and let cool slightly while you prepare the summer fruit filling.
3. Increase the heat of the oven to 375 degrees.
4. To Make the Crostata Topping: Combine the flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, and butter in a bowl and using a pastry blended, cut in the butter. Blend until the dough is crumbly. Set this in the refrigerator until ready to top the bars.
5. To Make the Summer Fruit Filling: Place the diced peaches, plums, and blueberries into a bowl. Toss them with the orange juice and zest. In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Pour this mixture over the summer fruit and mix gently until all of the fruit is lightly covered in the flour mixture. Spread the fruit mixture evenly over the slightly baked crust. Top the fruit with the refrigerated Crostata topping. Bake at 375 degrees for 35-45 minutes or until the top is slightly brown and the fruit filling is cooked through (depending on your oven).
6. Let the bars cool completely before cutting into the squares (if you can wait that long!)
There is still one more day to link up BLUEBERRY recipes to our linky party and I LOVE your blueberry recipe! We hope you can stop by before Midnight tomorrow and link up! THANKS SO MUCH! :-)
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Thanks for the invite, I just linked it up!!
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