Vegetarian Honey-Pear Crumble Bars
These bars hit that perfect sweet spot between rustic and refined — a buttery oat-and-rice-flour base layered with a glossy, honey-kissed pear filling and finished with a golden crumble top that shatters just enough when you bite into it. The filling comes together on the stovetop with ripe pears, honey, a touch of nutmeg, and a splash of apple cider vinegar that keeps everything bright and balanced rather than cloying. Tapioca starch does double duty here, lending structure to both the crust and the fruit filling so the bars hold their shape cleanly when sliced. Cold butter worked into the oat mixture creates those irresistible clumpy, craggy crumbs that toast up beautifully in the oven — no fancy equipment required, just your fingertips and a little patience. The parchment overhang trick makes lifting and cutting a breeze, giving you nine neat bars that look like they came from a bakery case. They're the kind of thing you'll want to make on a slow weekend afternoon when pears are at their peak, and they disappear fast at any gathering.
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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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