Strawberry Lime Crumb Bars

It's strawberry season in Georgia and I'm here for it.🍓 I've visited the strawberry field every week since the last week of March, when the farms first opened for picking.  We eat a lot of strawberries. 😅 

I really love the whole experience of picking my own strawberries.  I enjoy being outside in the fresh air, the exercise of walking through the rows, the fact that I can snack on berries when I get hungry and probably the biggest advantage to picking my own berries - the stems!  Who am I kidding?  I'm just going call them what they really are --- chocolate dipping handles.  😋🍫🍓

There's no question that we eat a lot of chocolate dipped strawberries, but we enjoy the fruit in other ways too.  Lemon Strawberry Crumb Bars is the newest strawberry recipe that I'm adding to my Spring collection.  These were amazing and you don't have to pick your own berries to make these delicious, hand held bars.  As for me, I'll be making a couple of extra batches to keep in the freezer for a day in the future when strawberries aren't in season anymore.  

​Lemon Strawberry Crumb Bars
3 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup butter, cold
1 egg + 1 egg yolk
​1 cup brown sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla

Filling
4 cups chopped strawberries
1/3 cup sugar
1 1/2 Tablespoons cornstarch
1 teaspoon lime zest
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Lemon Glaze
1 cup powdered sugar
2 Tablespoons lime juice

Combine flour, baking powder and salt in food processor.  

Cut in butter until crumbly.  

Whisk together egg, yolk, vanilla and brown sugar. 

Slowly add wet ingredients to food processor.  Reserve 2 cups. 

Press remaining mixture into a 9x13" pan lined with a parchment sling. 

Stir together filling ingredients. 

Spoon over crust. 

Crumble reserved mixture over top.  

Bake 45 minutes at 350.  Cool completely. 

​Whisk together glaze ingredients.  

Drizzle glaze over bars. 

Slice into squares. 

Ciao!

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