One of the richly delicious dessert bars that everyonewill love to enjoy! These irresistible squares have a delicious crumb topping witha gooey strawberry and rhubarbfilling.
For crust: in a small-sized bowl, add egg,oil, vanilla and almond extract and pulse until blended thoroughly.
In a food processor, add ¾ cup of nuts,flours, sugar and salt and pulse until finely ground.
Add butter and pulse until blendedthoroughly.
While the motor is running, add the egg mixtureand pulse until a crumbly mixture forms.
Transfer the crust mixture into a bowl andset aside.
For topping: in another small-sized bowl, add½ cup of crumble mixture and the remaining nuts and stir to combine.
Preheat your oven to 400 ºF.
Generously grease a 9x13-inch baking dishwith cooking spray.
For filling: in a large-sized saucepan, add 2cups of strawberries, 2 cups of rhubarb, sugar, cornstarch and orange juiceover medium heat and cook until boiling, stirring continuously.
Cook for about 3-5 minutes or until the mixturebecomes thick, stirring continuously.
Stir in the remaining strawberries, rhubarband vanilla extract and remove from heat.
Place the crust mixture into the preparedbaking dish and with the back of a spoon, smooth the top surface.
Place the fruit filling over the crust evenlyand sprinkle with topping mixture.
Bake for approximately 15 minutes.
Now adjust the temperature of oven to 350ºFand bake for approximately 25-30 minutes.
Remove the baking dish of bras from oven and setaside to cool completely.
Cut into desired-sized squares and serve.
Notes
These fruity squares pair perfectly with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.