Red Meat Allergy Friendly Honey-Pear Crumble Bars
These golden, fruit-forward bars are the kind of bake that makes your kitchen smell like a farmers' market in the best possible way. 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 sandwiched between a buttery oat-and-rice-flour crumble that bakes up crisp on the bottom and lightly golden on top. Because the entire recipe is built around fruit, dairy, and pantry staples, there's no red meat or meat-derived ingredient anywhere near the pan, making it a genuinely worry-free treat. The tapioca starch does double duty here, helping both the filling set to that perfect spoonable consistency and giving the crumble a slightly tender bite. Cutting them into neat bars means they're easy to pack, share, or quietly eat over the sink before anyone else notices they're done. Whether you're baking for a crowd with mixed dietary needs or just want a wholesome dessert that doesn't require a second thought, these deliver every single time.
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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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