Pork Free Honey-Pear Crumble Bars

Total time1 hr 30 min

Prep time20 min

Cook time40 min

4.9

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These bars are the kind of thing that disappears from the counter before you even get a chance to wrap them up. Ripe pears get cooked down with honey, a touch of nutmeg, and a splash of apple cider vinegar until they're glossy and jammy — then they're sandwiched between a buttery oat-and-rice-flour crumble that bakes up golden and crisp at the edges. The double-duty crumble layer does all the heavy lifting, forming both a sturdy base and a rustic, textured topping without any fuss. Every single ingredient here is naturally free of pork and pork-derived products, so there's no label-scanning or substitution stress involved. The tapioca starch in both the crust and the filling is a quiet hero, giving the base a tender bite and thickening the fruit into something that slices cleanly rather than sliding apart. Let them cool fully before cutting — that patience pays off in neat, holdable bars with distinct layers. They're equally at home on a weekend brunch spread or tucked into a lunchbox for something a little special.

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Ingredients

9 servings

For the crust and crumble

1 ½ cups rolled oats
¾ cup rice flour
¼ cup tapioca starch
⅓ cup granulated sugar
¼ tsp fine sea salt
½ cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, cold and cut into ½-inch cubes

For the pear filling

3 medium ripe pears (about 1 ½ lb), peeled, cored, and cut into ½-inch dice
3 tbsp honey
1 tbsp tapioca starch
¼ tsp ground nutmeg
1 tbsp apple cider vinegar

Instructions

1
Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C). Line a 9×9-inch baking pan with parchment paper, leaving a 2-inch overhang on two opposite sides to use as handles for lifting the bars out later.
2
In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the rolled oats, rice flour, tapioca starch (the crust-and-crumble portion), granulated sugar, and fine sea salt until evenly combined. Scatter the cold butter cubes over the dry mixture and work them in with a pastry cutter or your fingertips until the mixture resembles coarse, clumpy crumbs with some pea-sized pieces of butter remaining — do not work it until smooth.

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