Blackberry Pie Squares

Total Time: 1 hr 25 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 24
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 cups chlled unsalted butter
• 4 large eggs
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 cup sour cream
• 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 pinch salt
• 2 (16 ounce) packages frozen blackberries, defrosted and drained

Recipe

• 1 for the crust and topping: preheat the oven to 350 degrees. grease a 9x13-inch baking pan.
• 2 combine the flour, sugar and salt in a very large bowl. cut butter into the flour mixture using a pastry cutter. continue until the butter is evenly distributed, but the mixture is still crumbly (as you would a pie crust).
• 3 reserve 1 1/2 cups of the crumb mixture for the topping.
• 4 press the remaining crumbs into the bottom of the prepared pan.
• 5 bake the crust for 12-15 minutes, or until it is golden brown. cool for at least 10 minutes.
• 6 to make the filling: whisk the eggs and sugar together in a large bowl, then add the sour cream, flour and salt.
• 7 gently fold in the blackberries.
• 8 spoon the mixture evenly over the crust. sprinkle the reserved crumbs evenly over the top.
• 9 bake for 45 to 55 minutes, or until the crust is lightly browned.
• 10 cool for at least 1 hour before cutting into squares/bars.