Helen Goh’s recipe for brown butter apple and blackberry bars

A bar for the bountiful season, with a rubbly oat crust, a soft fruit filling and a crisp topping

Helen Goh’s recipe for brown butter apple and blackberry bars

TL;DR

  • Recipe for brown butter apple and blackberry bars with an oat crust.
  • Ingredients include unsalted butter, plain flour, rolled oats, oat flour, brown sugar, salt, apples, caster sugar, lemon, vanilla, bay leaf, cinnamon stick, cornflour, and blackberries.
  • The preparation involves making a browned butter mixture, combining it with dry ingredients for the crust and topping.
  • A fruit filling is made by cooking diced apples with sugar, lemon, vanilla, spices, and thickening with cornflour, then gently folding in blackberries.
  • The bars are assembled by layering the crust, filling, and reserved crumb topping, then baked until golden and bubbling.
  • Bars can be stored in an airtight container for up to three days and also freeze well.