Coconut Berry Almond Bars
For the Crumble:
2 cups cake flour
½ cup ground almonds
½ cup desiccated coconut
1 cup brown sugar
1 tsp baking powder
Pinch salt
1 cup cold coconut oil (the coconut oil should be set, not runny)
1 egg, beaten
For the Berry Filling:
4 cups fresh mixed berries (blueberries, raspberries, blackberries, gooseberries, strawberries)
½ cup icing sugar
4 tsp corn flour
Juice and zest of 1 lemon
- Preheat oven to 180 degrees then line a deep square baking tin.
- Mix together flour, almonds, coconut, sugar, baking powder and salt.
- Using your fingers, rub in the coconut oil until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs.
- Mix in the egg then press 2/3 of the dough into the baking tin.
- Mix together the berries, icing sugar, corn flour and lemon juice and zest then scatter onto the pastry.
- Crumble the remaining dough onto the berries.
- Bake for 45 minutes or until golden brown.
- Cool completely before cutting into squares.