Kuchen blueberry bars are like a piece of pie in bar form! Yum!
Prep Time 20 minutesminutes
Cook Time 30 minutesminutes
Total Time 50 minutesminutes
Author My Recipe Confessions
Ingredients
Blueberry Kuchen Bars
3/4cupof buttersoftened
1/4cupof shortening
2cupsof granulated sugar
1 1/2tsp.of baking powder
1/2tsp.of salt
3eggsat room temp.
1tsp.of vanilla
3cupsof all purpose flour
121 oz. can of blueberry pie filling
1recipe of cream cheese glazerecipe below
Cream Cheese Glaze
2oz.of cream cheesesoftened
1 1/2cupof powder sugar
1/4tsp.of vanilla
3 to 4tsp.of milk
1.Ina medium bowlcream the cream cheese. Add the powder sugar and mix well. Add the vanilla and enough milk to make glaze drizzling consistency (about 3 to 4 tsp.).
Instructions
Blueberry Kuchen Bars
Preheat oven to 375 degrees
1. In a large mixing bowl and with an electric mixer; cream the softened butter, shortening, and sugar together. Add the eggs and vanilla and mix until well incorporated.
2. In a medium sized bowl; mix the flour, baking powder, and salt. Add the flour mixture to the wet ingredients and mix until the flour disappears.
3. Reserve 2 cups of the dough. In an ungreased 15x10x1 baking pan, evenly spread the remaining dough. Bake for 12 minutes.
4. Remove the pan from the oven and spread the blueberry pie filling over the crust in the pan. With a teaspoon, spoon the remaining dough into small mounds on top of the pie filling. Return the pan back to the oven and bake for an additional 30 minutes or until the top is light golden brown.
5. Cool for 10 to 15 minutes and drizzle top with cream cheese glaze. Cool completely and cut into bars.
Cream Cheese Glaze
1. In a medium bowl, cream the cream cheese. Add the powder sugar and mix well. Add the vanilla and enough milk to make glaze drizzling consistency (about 3 to 4 tsp.).