Raspberry Pie Crunch Bars

Pardon me if I'm misreading your directions, but this is what I see: Step 4 is prepare the filling...Wipe out the bowl. Step 5 is while the crust is baking, to mix the topping ingredients in the same bowl. Where does the filling go while the crust is baking and we are mixing the topping. I think we need a second bowl, but perhaps I'm missing something.

While reading this recipe, I thought the same thing Phyllis... and then I realized that the steps are a bit out of order: Step 4 should be spread the jam on the cooled crust. Step 5 should be mix the raspberries topping ingredients and spread them on the jam-covered crust. Then wipe out the same bowl. Step 6 is mix the crumble topping.

This was GREAT! My 12 year old and I put this together for a family get together. We had a bunch of fresh blueberries that we mixed with a small amount of frozen fruit. We didn't have any cornstarch so just left it out. An epic dessert!

Delicious! I like my friends but not enough to spend $$$ on fresh raspberries, so used frozen mixed berries, which worked fine (I chopped the strawberries). Cherries would work well, but recommend loosely chopping them and maybe use cherry jam instead of raspberry. Also, I made the shortbread before going to bed and did everything else in the morning, and had no problem using it more than 6 hours later. Will make again, by popular demand!

PLEASE CLARIFY instructions in Step 4 The last sentence of "Step 4" states "Wipe out the bowl." What bowl???? Should that actually say "Set the bowl aside"? To prepare the filling, in a mixing bowl, gently toss together raspberries, sugar, cornstarch, lemon juice and zest, and salt. Wipe out the bowl.

I did. It was delicious. I put in a tsp of almond extract instead of the lemon.

I made this with half rhubarb and half fresh blackberries for an outdoor party. The rhubarb didn't set enough to pick it up like a bar but the guests at the party raved about this dessert. The bottom crust is essentially shortbread. Buttery yum! I used almonds in the top crumbles- think pecans would be better. In any case, it was a success.

Has anyone tried this with cherries?

Really loved this recipe! Raspberries and lemon so good! I used a little bit of sour cherry jam because that’s what I had. Also, mixed some pistachios and almonds for crumble. Bars were delicious and not overly sweet. My only issue is that the parchment paper got stuck to the lovely bottom and was hard to peal off. I guess I needed to butter the parchment Paper? Step 1 said to butter pan and then put parchment paper on top? Anyway that’s the only issue I had. Lovely recipe!

Made this with strawberries! I increased the cornstarch by one tablespoon, added a little bit of jam to the berry mixture, and added vanilla bean paste to the crumble. One thing to note is that if you want the bars to fully set up they will need to cool for 2 plus hours. I brought a batch to a party and had to cut them about 1.5 hours after cooking and they were very messy.