Strawberry Bars - Very Easy

By jann

Ingredients

• Ingredients
• for the crust
• 1 1/2 cups of flour
• 1/2 cup of sugar
• 1/2 tsp of baking powder
• 3/4 cup of rolled oats
• 1/2 cup of cold salted butter
• 1 egg white
• for the filling
• 2 cups of strawberries
• 1/4 cup of sugar
• 1 tbsp of cornstarch

Preparation

Step 1

Directions

1.Preheat the oven to180°C/356°C.
2.Cover a baking pan with parchment paper (24x24cm/9.4×9.4in or 20x20cm/8x8in).
3.Put the crust ingredients into a container and using a pastry cutter work the ingredients until it becomes crumbly and the butter reduced in small pieces.
4.Reserve 1/4 for topping.
5.Create a layer on the baking pan pressing this mixture.
6.Combine strawberries, sugar and cornstarch until the strawberries have absorbed all the sugar.
7.Spread them over the crust layer and complete the topping with the 1/4 of the crumble mixture.
8.Bake for 50 minutes or until the top is golden.
9.Let it cool for 5 minutes into the pan before removing to a rack to cool down.