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Ingredients
- 2 cups flour
- 1 cup old fashioned oats
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp cinnamon
- 1 cup (2 sticks) chilled, unsalted butter, cut into 1/2 inch cubes
- 1/2 cup sliced almonds
- Filling
- 3 cups fresh blueberries or one 12 oz package frozen blueberries
- 1 cup blueberry preserves (10-11 oz)
- 1 tbs flour
- 1 tsp finely grated lemon peel
Preparation
Step 1
Crust:
preheat oven to 375°. Butter bottom of 13 x 9 inch metal baking pan. Whisk flour, oats, sugar, salt and cinnamon in a large bowl. Add 1 cup butter; rub in with fingertips until mixture sticks together in small clumps. Transfer 2 cups to medium bowl; mix in almonds and reserve for topping.
Press remaining crumb mixture evenly onto bottom of prepared pan. Bake crust until golden and just firm to touch, about 22 minutes. Cool 10 minutes.
Filling: Mix all ingredients in a medium bowl. Spread evenly over crust in pan, then sprinkle reserved topping over.
Bake bars until filling bubbles thickly at edges and topping is golden brown, about 40 minutes; cool in pan on rack. Cut lengthwise into 4 strips, then cut each strip into 6 pieces, forming 2 bars.