Bars & brownies · Original adaptation
Cherry Thyme Crumble Bars Recipe
Buttery oat bars layered with tart cherries, lemon, and a restrained note of fresh thyme.
Inspired by Spring Baking Championship, Season 6, Episode 7
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Cherry Thyme Crumble Bars
- Prep
- 25 min
- Bake
- 42 min
- Total
- 1 hr 7 min
- Makes
- 16 bars
Ingredients
- 225 g unsalted butter, melted and cooled slightly
- 260 g all-purpose flour
- 90 g rolled oats
- 150 g light brown sugar
- 50 g granulated sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon fine salt
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 450 g pitted sour cherries, fresh or frozen
- 80 g granulated sugar, for the filling
- 25 g cornstarch
- 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon finely grated lemon zest
- 1 1/2 teaspoons fresh thyme leaves, finely chopped
Method
Heat the oven to 180 C, or 160 C fan. Line a 20 cm square pan with baking paper, leaving an overhang.
Mix the flour, oats, brown sugar, 50 g granulated sugar, salt, and baking powder. Stir in the melted butter until clumps form.
Press two thirds of the mixture firmly into the pan. Bake for 12 minutes, then set aside while making the filling.
Toss the cherries with the remaining 80 g sugar, cornstarch, lemon juice, lemon zest, and thyme. Spread the mixture over the warm base.
Crumble the remaining oat mixture over the cherries, leaving a few small gaps for steam.
Bake for 28 to 32 minutes, until the fruit bubbles at the edges and the crumble is golden.
Cool completely in the pan, then chill for one hour before lifting out and cutting into sixteen bars.
From the episode
Spring Flower Power
This adaptation starts from the episode's cherry blossoms and flower crowns brief and reshapes it for ordinary home equipment and a manageable batch.
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The sources below document the episode challenge. The quantities and method on this page are independently written by Baking Show Guide; they are not copied from a contestant or broadcaster recipe.
