Bring snack time to a whole other level with these Keto Blueberry Crumble Bars!
Blueberry bars have always been a favourite of mine, so naturally I had to make a sugar free version! I mean, what better way to start the day than with one of these Keto Blueberry Bars? Snack time couldn’t get any tastier, and you could also serve them as dessert, possibly with a scoop of sugar free ice cream! Whichever way you choose to enjoy these beauties, I hope you love them as much as we do!
Why it works
- With a shortbread base, lemony blueberry filling, shortbread crumbles and sliced almonds, these Keto Blueberry Bars are super delicious!
- Make a batch and then freeze them for an easy grab and go breakfast or snack.
- Sugar free and keto friendly, these Keto Blueberry Bars come in at just 2.4 g net carbs per bar!
Ingredients
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- blueberries
- sweetener
- lemon juice
- lemon zest
- unsalted butter
- golden sweetener
- sea salt
- vanilla
- almond flour
- sliced almonds
Sweeteners – My favourite sweetener to use is a monk fruit / erythritol blend, and my brand of choice is either SoNourished or Lakanto. SoNourished has a granular or powdered form, whereas Lakanto has either a granular or a golden. The golden is a brown sugar replacement and the main sweetener used in these Keto Blueberry Bars!
How to make Keto Blueberry Crumble Bars
Dump the blueberries into a small saucepan and add 1 tbsp sweetener, lemon juice and zest.
Give it a stir, bring it to a simmer and cook for 8 minutes. Using an immersion blender, puree the blueberry sauce until smooth, then set aside to cool.
Heat the oven to 350° and line an 8×8″ baking dish with parchment paper. Add the slightly softened butter to a mixing bowl and cream with hand blender until all lumps are gone. Add the golden sweetener and blend until smooth. Mix in the vanilla and sea salt until fully combined.
Dump the almond flour into the mixing bowl and blend on low with the hand blender, just until the almond flour is barely mixed in. It should resemble coarse crumbles. Do not over mix!
Take a little over half of the dough and sprinkle into the bottom of the baking dish. Press down lightly to firm the dough into place, and then pour the blueberry sauce evenly over the surface of the base layer.
Take the rest of the crumbled dough and spread it out evenly over the blueberry sauce, then top with the sliced almonds.
Bake in the preheated oven for about 25 minutes, until the top of the Keto Blueberry Bars are golden.
Remove from the oven and cool until room temperature, then refrigerate until firm, about 2 hours. Slice into 12 and enjoy!
Expert Tips
- If you don’t have golden sweetener, you could use any sweetener of choice instead, though I highly recommend Lakanto’s Golden Monk Fruit Sweetener.
- Don’t have an immersion blender? Cool the blueberry sauce to room temperature and then blend it in a blender or food processor.
- If the butter is too warm, the dough may smear when blended with the almond flour. To avoid this, may sure your butter is closer to the fridge temperature than room temperature.
- If the dough did not create nice crumbles, place the bowl of dough into the freezer for a little while, until it is cold enough to crumble.
Here are some other recipes you might like:
- Keto Blueberry Cheesecake
- Sugar Free Candied Pecans
- Low Carb Nut Bars
- Keto Almond Bark
- Strawberry Swirl Low Carb Cheesecake Bars
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Keto Blueberry Crumble Bars
Ingredients
- ¾ cup blueberries fresh or frozen
- 1 tbsp Monk Fruit / Erythritol Granular Sweetener
- ½ lemon
- ½ cup unsalted butter cold *see notes
- ½ cup Lakanto Golden Monk Fruit Sweetener
- ¼ tsp sea salt
- 1 ½ tsp vanilla extract
- 1 ½ cups almond flour
- 3 tbsp sliced almonds
Instructions
Equipment Needed
- Small saucepan
- Parchment paper
Directions
- Pull the butter from the refrigerator and set aside to warm slightly. Zest a lemon to get ½ tsp zest and then juice it to get 1 tbsp juice. Dump the blueberries into a small saucepan, add 1 tbsp granular sweetener and the lemon juice and zest. Give it a stir, bring it to a simmer and cook for 8 minutes. Using an immersion blender, puree the blueberry sauce until smooth, then set aside to cool.
- Heat oven to 350° and line an 8×8" baking dish with parchment paper. Add the butter to a mixing bowl and cream with the electric hand blender until all lumps are gone. Add the golden sweetener and blend until smooth. Mix in the vanilla and sea salt until fully combined.
- Dump the almond flour into the mixing bowl and blend on low with the hand blender, just until the almond flour is barely mixed in. This should create coarse crumbles. Do not over mix!
- Take a little over half of the dough and sprinkle into the bottom of the baking dish. Press down lightly to firm the dough into place, and then pour the blueberry sauce evenly over the surface of the crust.
- Take the rest of the crumbled dough and spread it out evenly over the blueberry sauce. Sprinkle the sliced almonds over the surface and then bake in the preheated oven for about 25 minutes, until the top of the Keto Blueberry Bars are golden.
- Remove from the oven and cool until room temperature, then refrigerate until firm, about 2 hours. Slice into 12 and enjoy!
Notes
Expert Tips
- If you don’t have golden sweetener, you could use your sweetener of choice instead, though I highly recommend Lakanto’s Golden Monk Fruit Sweetener.
- Don’t have an immersion blender? Cool the blueberry sauce to room temperature and then blend it in a blender or food processor.
- If the butter is too warm, the dough may smear when blended with the almond flour. To avoid this, make sure your butter is closer to fridge temperature than room temperature.
- If the dough did not create nice crumbles, place the bowl of dough into the freezer for a little while, until it is cold enough to crumble.
This is such a simple and delicious recipe. I look forward to try it!
Best,
Marcel
Enjoy, Marcel 🙂
I love it when a recipe is simple and easy like this. This looks so delicious. Crumble bars are my favorite and blueberry sounds yum. Can’t wait to try.
Thanks Veena!