Raspberry Sourdough Crumble Bars


Raspberries are my most favourite berries. Jammed, fresh eating, or baked into desserts, raspberries are my number one. I’ve now made these yummy raspberry sourdough crumble bars several times, using the berries from our own patch. The family raves about these, and they seemed to just disappear from the freezer… Hmm...

Here is the link to the original recipe. I have just recently started following Amy, have only made a couple of her recipes… this one was so good that I had to make it and share! 

All thanks go to her! I made very few changes, really just adding more jam and more berries. Other than that, pretty much the same. I give my measurements in cups rather than grams, as well.

Sourdough Shortbread Crust

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup melted butter
  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • 1/4 cup sourdough discard
  • 2 tsp vanilla
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 1/2 cups flour
  • 2 tbsp corn starch
  1. Preheat oven to 350°F
  2. Line a 8×8 baking pan with parchment paper
  3. Mix together melted butter, sourdough discard, and sugar. Add the vanilla and salt. Mix again. Add flour and cornstarch, mix till soft chunks of dough form.
  4. Dump the dough into the lined baking pan. With fingers, press the dough into the corners, making an even layer. Prick holes into the dough with a fork.
  5. Bake for 15 minutes, till the edges are lightly browned.


Filling
  • 1/2 to 1 cup raspberry jam
  • 20 (or more) fresh raspberries

1. Remove the shortbread bottom from the oven. Spread the jam over the top. The original recipe calls for just 1/2 cup, but I used a whole cup. I wanted a liberal layer of my yummy homemade jam.
2. To make your own fresh, no pectin jam, see my small batch raspberry jam recipe here. 
3. Sprinkle fresh raspberries on top of the jam, and drop the crumb topping in and around the berries.

Sourdough Crumb Topping
  • 1 1/4 cups large flake oats (pulse a couple times in food chopper)
  • 1/3 cups brown sugar
  • 1/4 cup sourdough discard
  • 4 tablespoons of butter
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  1. Make your crumb topping while the base layer is baking. Pulse the oats a few times in your mini food processor, or blender. Mix oats, brown sugar, butter, sourdough discard, and salt till well blended. Will be sticky and lumpy.
  1. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes. It took mine 25 minutes for the crumble topping to brown.
  2. Remove from the oven and allow to cool completely, about 1/2 hour.

Almond Glaze Topping

  • 3/4 cup icing sugar
  • 4 teaspoons heavy cream
  • 1 tsp almond extract
  1. While the squares are cooling, make the glaze, if using.
  2. Mix the three ingredients together.
  3. This make a whole lot of glaze, I only used about half of it, even though I drizzled twice…. once after cooling, once just before serving.


4. Lift the parchment paper to remove the squares from the pan. Slice into squares.
5. Drizzle the almond glaze over top. I usually do not add the extra sweetness, but really enjoyed the glaze on these tangy bars.


These squares pair as nicely with a crisp glass of rose wine, as they do with tea or coffee.

I hope you will try these awesome squares. Super easy to make, can be whipped up real fast when company is coming.

Happy Treat Time ~ Tanja






Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Welcome To My Zone 3 Garden Diary

Image
You know that saying that into each life a little rain must fall? Well, I think we have had more than our fair share. This wheelbarrow was filled up in just two rainfalls.  Welcome to my new blog, a garden diary of sorts, where I will be posting the good, the bad, and the ugly from the gardening seasons. A place for me to keep track of what thrived and flourished, as well as what didn't.... and hopefully, the why.  The 2026 gardening season has started off as a very frustrating garden year. It has been cold, snowy, rainy all the way to the end of June. Gardeners say that their weeds are taking over their gardens with all the rainfall. Luckily, I grow in raised beds so they are much less weedy and the perennial gardens are all mulched up for less weeding, but nevertheless... yuck.  That said.... some seeds rotted in the ground, some plants struggled but came about nicely after all (sweet peas and lettuces), and some veggies, like garlic, actually thrived.  It is go...
Read more

How We Improved Our Clay Soil

Image
  In gardening, soil is everything.  It's the lifeblood of your plants. They pull their water from it, their nutrients from it. If your soil is unhealthy, so are your plants.  Planting garlic cloves in less than ideal soil our first year here.   When I moved to this new-to-me yard 4 years ago, the soil here was bad. Like... really bad. So hard that I couldn't even get a shovel into it to plant bulbs, flowers, or garlic... It was devoid of nutrients, rocky, dry, hard... well, the above picture shows what it looked like that first year here.  The soil was grey from lack of nutrients.  I have dealt with 'bad' soil many times in the past though, so knew that this was all fixable. Just needs time and lots and lots of organic matter.  Soil doesn't get 'old' and unusable, it just gets hungry.   There is no need to dig it out, no need to double dig, no need to dig at all. While it does not happen immediately, you can rebuild all sandy soil, clay soil...
Read more

Tidbits of Inspiration #1 (August long weekend)

Image
This weekend is the start of August. Already! I am not ready, feel like it should be the beginning of July. Gardens are just starting to kick into high gear, flowering and fruiting.   I think pretty much every blog and many social media platforms are already starting to push fall clothes, drinks, foods, making the home warm and cosy.... I'm like, nooooo! I am not ready! Nor do I want to rush the season. Our summers are short enough as it is.   Me, I am loving every bit of this summer to the bitter end. Hoping the lovely weather lasts well into October, as it has for the past 4 years. Stop and smell the roses, go out for coffee with a friend, take a drive in the country, go to the beach.... stay in the moment.  I am off to the garden shortly, to do some puttering. Then, when the smoke/smog/fog lifts, I will sit at the patio table, work on my doodling, and enjoy a glass of rosé ; )  Garden Inspo Here are some things that I wanted to share. Now that I no longe...
Read more