Relaxed baking before Christmas. A short and sweet recipe and extremely delicious!
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Many sweet tooth people around us love this festive version of the crumble bar. Super easy to make and deliciously chewy, crumbly and crunchy at the same time. The blend of the spices in the mincemeat, the nuts and added sweetness of the white chocolate is one of my personal favorite combinations.
It’s an excellent one to make, bake and share and get into the Holiday spirit in the weeks leading up to Christmas.
❅Happy Holidays!❅
Ingredients for the Christmas Crumble Bars
135 g flour
100 g caster sugar
70 g soft brown sugar
pinch of salt
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
120 g butter in cubes
70 g oatmeal
6 to 7 tablespoons mincemeat (see our cranberry mincemeat recipe)*
50 g white chocolate ‘callets’ or in small pieces
40 g coarsely chopped pecans
*Alternatively you can use your jam of choice. Raspberry is a good choice, because it is a bit tart and goes well with the white chocolate.
Making the Crumble Bars
- Lightly grease a rectangular baking tin / brownie pan of around 20 x 16 cm / 8 x 6.5 inches and / or line it with greaseproof paper, depending on the material. Set aside.
- Preheat your oven to 170ºC / 340ºF conventional setting.
- In a bowl, combine the flour with the baking powder and pinch of salt. Then add the caster sugar, soft brown sugar and cubes of butter. Rub the ingredients together until you have a very coarse, crumbly dough.
- Now add the oatmeal and mix by hand until combined with the crumbly dough
- Put 2/3 of the dough in the baking pan and evenly press down so the whole bottom is covered.
- Spread the mincemeat evenly over the layer of dough.
- Sprinkle the white chocolate and pecan pieces over the mincemeat, distributing it evenly
- Take the remaining dough and crumble it over the top
- Bake in your preheated oven for around 30 minutes
- Leave to cool completely before cutting into bars or squares
These bars keep very well in the freezer and are still delicious when consumed within two to three weeks. But fresh is best!
These are DELICIOUS, but I made them twice, and they do fall apart. So very crumbly bars they are! (I followed the exact recipe).
Thank you so much for trying and liking the recipe Alisa!
To aid with the maybe too crumbly, make sure to really press the bottom dough well to have a solid foundation. The crumble on top should also stick together a bit thanks to the ingredients, but if needed a bit of encouragement you could lightly press on it before baking.
Wishing you a very joyful Holiday season and lots of baking bliss 🧡
How many bars does this recipe make?
Thanks.
Hello Alisa,
I cut my slab of 20 x 16 cm into 5 pieces and cut those in halve again, So I end up with 10 bars. But you can cut the slab any way you want of course. Depending on if you want to hand out generous bars or smaller treats, you could cut the bars in halve again and end up with 20 squares.
Enjoy your Holiday baking!