Turkey 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 turn 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 the heavy lifting here, forming both a sturdy base and a rustic, textured topping from the same simple mixture. Since the whole recipe leans on wholesome pantry staples — rolled oats, tapioca starch, real butter, fresh fruit — there's nothing mysterious hiding in the ingredient list, which makes it easy to bake with total confidence. The honey brings a floral sweetness that plays beautifully against the brightness of the vinegar, keeping the filling from tasting flat or overly sugary. Let them cool completely before cutting and you'll get clean, hold-together bars that are just as good packed in a lunchbox as they are served warm with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.

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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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