Amish Sour Cream Strawberry Bars

By Kevin Williams

We had a can of strawberry pie filling in our pantry, so my 2 1 /2 year old daughter, Aster, and I decided to put it to work in an Amish recipe.  Yes, most Amish homemakers would use their own home-canned pie filling, but we didn't have that available, so we settled for the store-bought. Strawberries will be in season here soon so this seemed like the perfect time of year to give this a try.  This is a very simple recipe.  My only "complaint" is it did not make enough. This recipe makes an 8 X 8 a pan full, but the time I gave some away to my parents, Rachel's co-workers, etc there were barely any left for us.  That said, not a bad thing considering I'm really trying to watch what I eat. But if you are feeding a crowd you might want to double this recipe so you can do a 9 X 13 pan.  An 8 X 8 pan would still give you enough to get a good 20 bars, but if you have people like me in the crowd that could put away 3 - 4, you might want more!   This recipe comes to us from an Amish woman in Partridge, Kansas's Amish community.  Give it a try, this one is definitely a keeper!

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Amish Sour Cream Strawberry Bars

 

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Prep time

15 mins

Cook time

30 mins

Total time

45 mins

 

Serves: 18 bars

Ingredients

• CRUST:
• ½ c butter, melted and cooled to room temperature
• ½ c light brown sugar
• 1½ cup all purpose flour
• ½ teaspoon baking soda
• ½ teaspoon baking powder
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• FILLING:
• 1 c strawberry pie filling (or any kind you would like)
• ½ c sour cream
• ¼ cup granulated sugar
• 1 tablespoon all purpose flour
• 1 egg
• ½ teaspoon vanilla extract

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 375 and prepare an 8×8 square pan by lining lightly greasing it.
2. Make the crust by whisking together in a medium bowl the flour, brown sugar, baking soda, baking powder and salt.
3. Add the melted butter.
4. The dough will be crumbly but make sure all of the butter is incorporated.
5. Reserve ¾ cup of the crust and press the remaining into the bottom of your 8×8 prepared baking pan.
6. For the sour cream filling, mix together in a large bowl the sour cream, pie filling, sugar, 1 tablespoon flour, egg, and vanilla.
7. Pour over the crust in your 8×8 pan.
8. Sprinkle your reserved ¾ cup crust over the top and bake for 25-28 minutes or until golden brown.
9. Cool completely and serve into squares.

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