Anyway, eating these berry crumb bars is not necessary the best way to stay on track with Weight Watchers, but as a splurge they are totally worth it in my opinion. And hey, there's fruit in there. Which counts for something. Right?
Here's what you need for the crust:
1 cup white sugar
1 Tsp baking powder
3 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 Tsp salt
1 pinch ground cinnamon
1/2 cup butter, softened but not melted
1/2 cup shortening
1 egg
1 Tsp vanilla
Here's what you need for the berries:
5 cups frozen mixed berries (Do not thaw)
1/2 cup white sugar
1 Tbsp cornstarch
Here's what you do:
1) Preheat the oven to 375 degrees and grease a 13x9 pan.
2) Mix together the sugar, baking powder, flour, and salt. Using a pastry cutter or a large fork cut in the butter, shortening, egg, and vanilla. The mixture should resemble coarse crumbs. Pat half of the dough into the bottom of the pan to form a crust and set the other half aside.
3) Mix together the sugar and cornstarch. Then sprinkle it over the berries. Stir gently until the berries are evenly coated. Spread the berries evenly over the crust, and sprinkle the remaining dough on top of the berries.
4) Bake for 40-45 minutes until the top is golden brown. Allow to cool completely, and cut into small squares.
This makes about 30 cookies. If you want to really push your luck you could heat one or two up a little bit and top it with some vanilla ice cream. I didn't do this because that would have translated to an hour on the treadmill or immense guilt, and I wasn't really prepared to deal with either. So now you know what I'll be dreaming about tonight.
Enjoy!
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Nutritional Information
1 serving = 1 small square = 4 WW Points
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