Delicious Strawberry Crumb bars

These easy and delicious Gluten-Free Strawberry Crumb Bars, with a buttery crust, sweet fresh strawberry filling, and crunchy butter crumb topping, make fantastic dessert bars for an afternoon snack or take to a summer party, picnic, or potluck. This cake is a crowd-pleaser, so it is perfect for potlucks and family gatherings.

Why are strawberry crumb bars delicious?

These Glute-Free Strawberry Crumb Bars are easy to make, especially if you have fresh strawberries on hand, and are super delicious. These Strawberry bars are perfect with coffee or afternoon tea. 

When strawberries are in season, I always look for recipes to do, and these bars fit the bill. They are easy to make and fast. 

If you have followed my blog, you will notice that my desserts are usually simple. Often bars, fruit bars, as we bake those in Czech the most. Nothing complicated. I saw no reason to change that trend. After all, my blog is all about fast, easy, and flavorful recipes.

Let’s get baking

Gluten-free Strawberry bars are simple enough for absolutely anyone to make, classic enough to satisfy everyone’s tastebuds, but unique enough that you will love to it time and time again. Oh, and it’s pretty much impossible to mess it up. Here’s how to make it. Gather your ingredients, and let’s start.

First, Make your Filling

Line your pan with parchment paper or coat with oil/butter. Set aside when you will needed. Preheat oven to 350F.

To make your filling, grab a medium-sized, heavy-bottomed saucepan, combine 3 ½ cups strawberries, sugar, cornstarch, lemon juice, and salt over medium-low heat. Stir frequently until strawberries release their juices (about 5 or so minutes), stirring constantly. Cook until the filling is thickened. Turn off heat and add butter, stir until butter is melted.

It is better for the filling to have some time to cool down. While your filling is cooling, prepare your crumble.

• 5 cups strawberries tops removed, quartered, divided (700g)
• 1/2 cup of granulated sugar (100g)
• 2 tbsp of cornstarch
• 1 tbsp of lemon juice
•  ⅛ tsp of salt
• 1 tbsp of butter

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Crust & Crumble Topping

I use my kitchen aid stand mixer for all my baking. I do not use a food processor, but if you have one, use that. Combine flour, sugar & brown sugar, baking powder, cornstarch, and salt in a food processor or stand-alone mixer. Turn on for a couple of turns to just combine.

Cut cold butter into small pieces and scatter the pieces over your flour mixture. Pulse/mix again until the butter and flour mixture and the mixture resembles coarse crumbs.

Add egg and vanilla extract and continue to blend until mixture is just beginning to cling together and holds together if you press the dough together with your fingers. If your flour is thirsty, add 1-2 tbs of butter at a time.

• 2 1/2 cups of Gluten-free flour 
• 3/4 cup of granulated sugar (150g)
• 1/4 cup of light brown sugar tightly packed (50g)
• 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp cornstarch
• 1/2 tsp of salt
• 1 cup of unsalted butter cold, cut into small cubes (227g)
• 1 large egg
• 1/2 tsp of vanilla extract

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Divide dough, about two-thirds will go on the bottom of a pan, and a smaller portion will cover strawberries on the top. Use your hands or the back of a spoon to press the crumble mixture into your pan evenly. I like to use a wooden pastry roller.

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Add remaining fresh strawberries into strawberry jam. Stir to combine all. Pour strawberry mixture over crumb crust and spread it so that it is evenly distributed. Use your hands to scatter the remaining crumble mixture evenly over the top of the strawberry layer.

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Bake the Strawberry Crumb Bars

Bake the Gluten-Free Strawberry Crumb Bars in a preheated oven at 375 degrees F for about 45 minutes or until the crumb topping is a light golden brown.

Rule of thumb

Keep an eye on your oven and bars!!!! Every oven bakes a different way. Your oven could bake it faster or slower. It also depends on what pan you are using.

Once you take the Strawberry Crumb Bars out of the oven, allow the bars to cool completely before cutting your first piece. The strawberry jam gets too runny otherwise.

Cooking tips

• Fresh Strawberries. If you have fresh strawberries on hand, use them. The sweet strawberry filling really makes this dessert. 
• Make sure your butter is very cold. This is extremely important to get the crumb crust to be the correct consistency. If the butter is warm, it starts melting too soon.
• Be patient. Patiently wait for these to bake and cool.
• You can cut into individual servings and freeze for later. It does taste the same. Just unfreeze and pop in the microwave for 10 seconds to warm up and serve with tea or coffee. DELICIOUS!!!
• I use my baking Gluten-Free Flour from Bob’s red mill: 1 – To – 1 Baking flour.

Strawberry season? (Summer in Georgia is a Picking season)

It is strawberry season!! If you are close to one, I highly recommend traveling to the local strawberry farm to pick strawberries. It is so much fun, and the strawberries are so fresh and juicy. We have one just outside of town that we love to visit in the Spring. Of course, if you can’t make it to the strawberry farm, swing by the grocery store where they usually have the fresh strawberries during strawberry season.

There is just something about the juicy, sweet strawberries in the spring and summer that makes me want to serve them in as many things as possible, especially desserts.

Who inspired me?

Suppose you wonder who inspired this delicious recipe. You can find it here. She is a bunch of lovely recipes worth checking. The blog’s name is Sugar Spoon Run.

I hope you did enjoy this Gluten-Free recipe. If you try this recipe, let me know! Leave a comment please. Thank you so much!

Other dessert bar recipes to try

If you like these Strawberry Crumb Bars, be sure to try these other dessert bar recipes.

• Lemon Bars, which were the inspiration for the Strawberry Crumb Bars. They truly started the Fruit bars taste!
• Orange bars, very similar to Lemon bars.

Until next time…!

DOBROU CHUT!

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