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Strawberry Crumb Bars

BY: Michele
PUBLISHED: Apr 3, 2019
UPDATED: Apr 23, 2025
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Easy Strawberry-Crumb-Bars Recipe

These easy Strawberry Crumb Bars, with a buttery crust, sweet fresh strawberry filling, and crunchy butter crumb topping make wonderful dessert bars for an afternoon snack, or to take to a summer party, picnic, or potluck.

These easy Strawberry Crumb Bars, with a buttery crust, sweet fresh strawberry filling, and crunchy butter crumb topping make wonderful dessert bars to take to a summer party, picnic, or potluck.

Why Make Strawberry Crumb Bars?

It is Saturday, the day of my friend’s party, and she tells me to bring a dessert to the party. no worries! There are a number of delicious quick and easy desserts for me to choose from.

However, these Strawberry Crumb Bars are easy to make, especially if you have fresh strawberries, on hand and are super delicious, and I never have leftovers. I like to serve them as a dessert to go with some of my other favorite foods, like Chicken Empanadas, Instant Pot Chicken and Dumplings, or Mahi Mahi.

If you have followed my blog, you will notice that my desserts are usually simple. Often magic bars, fruit bars, or brownies. Nothing complicated. I saw no reason to change that trend. After all, my blog is all about fast, easy, and flavorful recipes.

These easy Strawberry Crumb Bars, with a buttery crust, sweet fresh strawberry filling, and crunchy butter crumb topping make wonderful dessert bars to take to a summer party, picnic, or potluck.

Strawberry Season (Strawberry Picking Season)

It is strawberry season!! If you are close to one, I highly recommend traveling to the local strawberry farm to pick strawberries. It is so much fun and the strawberries are so fresh and juicy. We have one just outside of town that we love to visit in the Spring. Of course, if you can’t make it to the strawberry farm, just swing by the grocery store where they usually have the fresh strawberries during strawberry season.

There is just something about the juicy, sweet strawberries in the spring and summer that makes me want to serve them in as many things as possible, especially desserts, like the Mini Strawberry Pretzel Desserts and Strawberry Cheesecake Salad, in addition to these Strawberry Crumb Bars.

What Makes This Strawberry Crumb Bars Recipe Work?

These Strawberry Crumb Bars have lots of flavor from sweet fresh strawberries and a buttery crumb crust and topping. Why this recipe works?

  • Fresh Strawberries. If you have fresh strawberries on hand, use them. The sweet strawberry filling really makes this dessert.
  • Buttery crumb crust. When combined with the sweet strawberries, this buttery crumb crust makes the Strawberry bars extraordinary.
  • Tried and true recipe. Don’t take my word about how good this recipe is. Read a couple of the 88 comments from some of the over 200,000 people who pinned this recipe on Pinterest.

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These easy Strawberry Crumb Bars, with a buttery crust, sweet fresh strawberry filling, and crunchy butter crumb topping make wonderful dessert bars to take to a summer party, picnic, or potluck.

I adapted these Strawberry Crumb Bars from my Blueberry Crumb Bars recipe by using fresh strawberries instead of blueberries. Both taste amazing.

I also used only white sugar for these Strawberry Crumb Bars instead of using a combination of white and brown sugar.

These easy Strawberry Crumb Bars, with a buttery crust, sweet fresh strawberry filling, and crunchy butter crumb topping make wonderful dessert bars to take to a summer party, picnic, or potluck.

The Strawberry Crumb Bars take a little longer than the Blueberry Crumb Bars because you have to chop the fresh strawberries. However, the end result is totally worth the effort.

What Ingredients Do I Need To Make Strawberry Crumb Bars?

See the recipe card at the bottom of the blog post for the specific measurements of each ingredient, as well as detailed instructions for how to make the Strawberry Crumb Bars.

  • Granulated Sugar
  • All-Purpose Flour
  • Baking Powder
  • Salt
  • Butter
  • Egg
  • Vanilla
  • Strawberries
  • Cornstarch

What Type of Strawberries To Use For Strawberry Crumb Bars?

  • Fresh – The first and recommended option would be to use fresh strawberries. That is what I used when testing this recipe and they work really well.
  • Frozen – Some readers have successfully used frozen strawberries, I recommend draining any excess liquid from them before using in the recipe.
  • Preserves – A few readers have said they used Strawberry preserves for the filling and loved the bars. I think that would change the taste and texture some from the original recipe but would still be good.

Stack of 3 strawberry crumb bars on a white plate surrounded by 3 strawberries and with a dark pink background.

How To Make Strawberry Crumb Bars

  1. Make the Crumb Crust and Topping.
    1. In a medium bowl, stir together flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt.
    2. In a smaller bowl, beat an egg with a fork.
    3. Add the egg and vanilla to the medium bowl with the flour mixture and stir.
    4. With a fork or a pastry cutter, cut VERY COLD butter into the flour mixture. The dough will be very crumbly. (You could also use a food processor for this step.)
  2. Make the Strawberry Filling.
    1. In a separate bowl, stir together 1/3 cup sugar with the cornstarch.
    2. Spoon in the fresh strawberries.
    3. Stir until it is combined.
  3. Assemble the Strawberry Crumb Bars in the baking pan.
    1. Press half of the dough into the bottom of the pan.
    2. Spoon in the strawberry mixture evenly over the dough.
    3. Crumble the remaining dough over the strawberry mixture. It is ok to not cover all the strawberries.
  4. Bake the Strawberry Crumb Bars.
    1. Bake the Strawberry Crumb Bars in a preheated 375 degree F oven for 45 minutes or until the crumb topping is a light golden brown.
  5. Cool the Strawberry Crumb Bars.
    1. Let the Strawberry Crumb Bars cool for about 10 minutes and cut into bars.

NOTE: See the video and detailed written instructions in the printable recipe card below. (Scroll down for a printable recipe.)

Recipe Tips For Perfect Strawberry Crumb Bars

  1. Fresh Strawberries. As stated above, for the best taste, sweetness, and texture, I recommend using fresh strawberries if they are available.
  2. Make sure your butter is very cold. This is extremely important to get the crumb crust to be the correct consistency. If the butter is warm, it starts melting too soon.
  3. Make Sure Baking Powder is fresh. Yes, baking powder can go bad after a period of time. Check the date and make sure the baking powder you are using is fresh.
  4. Don’t overwork the crumb topping. This also will make the butter melt too soon.
  5. Parchment Paper. Place parchment paper in the bottom of your baking dish and let the paper hang over the sides. This will make it easier to remove the strawberry crumb bars after they are baked.
  6. Use your food processor for perfect crumb consistency without the work. It just makes it a little easier.
  7. Be patient. Patiently wait for these to bake and cool.
  8. Double The Recipe.  If you have a crowd to feed, you can easily double the recipe and bake in a 9×13 baking dish. Just change the number of servings in the recipe card below from 9 to 18 to double the amounts of the ingredients.

Other Strawberry Dessert Recipes You May Like

Before you make this recipe, be sure to check out our other similar recipes, and continue scrolling down for the Strawberry Crumb Bars printable recipe below.

  • Strawberry Bread – This sweet, moist Strawberry Bread is a fantastic quick bread to make when you have fresh strawberries on hand.
  • Strawberry Cheesecake Salad – This Strawberry Cheesecake Salad is like a strawberry cheesecake in a bowl and makes a delicious and easy no-bake dessert.
  • Baked Glazed Strawberry Donuts – These Baked Glazed Strawberry Donuts, with their sweet, melt-in-your-mouth deliciousness, are baked and not fried, and are perfect for breakfast or dessert.
  • Strawberry Pretzel Dessert Mini Parfaits – Strawberry Pretzel Dessert Mini Parfaits are a lightened up version of the traditional Strawberry Pretzel Dessert (or Salad) made with Greek yogurt and served in portion-controlled sized mini mason jars.
  • Strawberry Margarita Pie – This delicious no-bake Strawberry Margarita Pie is a cool summer dessert that won’t heat up your kitchen.

Other Dessert Bar Recipes To Try

If you like these Strawberry Crumb Bars, be sure to try these other dessert bar recipes.

  • Blueberry Crumb Bars, which were the inspiration for the Strawberry Crumb Bars.
  • Lemon Crumb Bars make perfect crumb bars for Spring and Summer!
  • Chocolate Chip Caramel Crumb Bars – Chocolate Chip Caramel Crumb Bars are buttery, chocolate-y, caramel-y, crumbly cookie bars made with chocolate chips and caramel bits with a buttery crumb crust that melts in your mouth.
  • Sopapilla Cheesecake Bars!  Inspired by the Mexican dessert called sopapillas, these Sopapilla Cheesecake Bars have a sweet, creamy cheesecake filling tucked between 2 crescent roll pastry sheets, and are topped with butter, cinnamon, and sugar and drizzled with honey.

For more recipes to serve in the fall and year around, you may like Pumpkin Fluff and Pumpkin Praline Bread Pudding or  old fashioned Chess Pie.

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Strawberry Crumb Bars

These easy Strawberry Crumb Bars, with a buttery crust, sweet fresh strawberry filling, and crunchy butter crumb topping make wonderful dessert bars to take to a summer party, picnic, or potluck.
Course Dessert, Strawberries
Cuisine American
Keyword Strawberry Bars, Strawberry Crumb Bars, Strawberry Crumble Bars
Prep Time 15 minutes minutes
Cook Time 45 minutes minutes
Total Time 1 hour hour
Servings 9
Calories 207kcal
Author Michele @ Flavor Mosaic

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup white sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 cup very cold butter, (8 Tablespoons or 1 stick of butter)
  • 1 egg, beaten
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 2 cups fresh strawberries, chopped
  • 1/3 cup white sugar
  • 2 teaspoons cornstarch
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Instructions 

  • Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. 
  • Place parchment paper on the bottom of the 8x8 pan that hangs over the side of the pan. (This is to make it easier to remove the Strawberry Crumb Bars after cooking.)
  • In a medium bowl, stir together 1/2 cup white sugar, flour, baking powder and salt.
  • Using a fork or a pastry cutter, cut the butter into the flour mixture. (VERY IMPORTANT:  Make sure the butter is very cold.) Work with the dough until the pieces are very small. Dough will be crumbly.  You can also pulse in a food processor to until you get pea sized crumbs.
  • In a separate measuring cup or small bowl, beat an egg with a fork. Add the egg and vanilla to the flour mixture, and combine until you have a crumbly mixture.
  • Pat half of the dough evenly into the bottom of the prepared pan.
  • In another bowl, stir together 1/3 cup sugar and cornstarch. Stir in the strawberries. 
  • Spoon the strawberry mixture evenly over the bottom crust.
  • Crumble the remaining dough over the strawberry filling layer.
  • Bake in a preheated oven for 45 minutes, or until top is slightly golden brown. (My oven runs hot and baked in about 38 minutes.)
  • Cool completely before cutting into squares. I recommend refrigerating until ready to serve.

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Notes

  1. It is very important that your butter be very cold. Also, when working with the crumb crust, be careful not to over work it because you don't want your hands to warm up the crust. You want the crust to be very cold.
  2. The sweetness of the strawberries used matters. If your strawberries are not very sweet, you may need to increase the amount of sugar used in step 7 to about 1/2 a cup.
  3. You can easily double the ingredients to make a 9x13 pan of the Strawberry Crumb Bars. Just change the number of servings above and it will adjust the amounts of the ingredients. 
 
 

Nutrition

Calories: 207kcal | Carbohydrates: 26g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 10g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Cholesterol: 45mg | Sodium: 162mg | Potassium: 85mg | Sugar: 20g | Vitamin A: 340IU | Vitamin C: 18.8mg | Calcium: 20mg | Iron: 0.5mg

The original post was published July 5, 2015, and updated April 3, 2019.

Easy Strawberry Crumb Bar Recipe
Easy Strawberry Crumb Bar Recipe

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Comments

  1. Stephanie says

    June 19, 2024 at 8:30 am

    Wow these were phenomenal! I made them for my coworkers and they were a huge hit. I made them the night before and kept them in the fridge overnight, and they still tasted amazing!

    Reply
    • Michele says

      June 19, 2024 at 9:32 am

      Hi Stephanie,

      I’m so glad you loved them. Good to hear. Thanks for sharing your experience.

      Michele

      Reply
  2. Debbie Buelow says

    June 22, 2024 at 10:58 am

    Can you make this into a 9×13 pan?

    Reply
    • Michele says

      June 22, 2024 at 11:46 am

      Hi Debbie,

      Yes, you can double the recipe and make it in a 9×13 pan.

      Thanks,

      Michele

      Reply
  3. Jannetta says

    June 30, 2024 at 11:00 am

    Can I make this and then keep in the fridge until I’m ready to bake it ?

    Reply
    • Michele says

      June 30, 2024 at 3:03 pm

      Hi Jannetta,

      Yes, you can make it and keep it in the fridge until you are ready. If it is more than 36 hours, I recommend placing the bars in the freezing and then pull them out the night before to let them thaw overnight and bake them the next day.

      Thanks,

      Michele

      Reply
  4. Purrell says

    July 31, 2024 at 5:59 pm

    Could I use toffee bits on top of the crumbles for a crunchy surprise? Thank you.

    Reply
    • Michele says

      August 1, 2024 at 9:13 am

      Hi Purrell,

      Yes, you could add toffee bits on top of the bars for some crunch. Enjoy!

      Thanks,

      Michele

      Reply
  5. Jules says

    September 1, 2024 at 12:58 pm

    I’m not sure what I did wrong but my crumble ended up being a sticky mess. I doubled the receipe and the crumble is like wet dough.

    Reply
    • Michele says

      September 2, 2024 at 5:46 am

      Hi Jules,

      Thanks for your comment. I’m sorry that the crumb crust dough did not turn out as expected. Often, there are two possibilities for this happening. First, it could be that the butter was too warm and started to melt the sugar. The butter needs to be very cold for this recipe. The second possibility is that the dough was overworked, changing the consistency of the dough. You can try adding more of the dry ingredients, or start over.

      Michele

      Reply
  6. Doreen says

    October 2, 2024 at 12:18 pm

    Can these bars be frozen

    Reply
    • Michele says

      October 3, 2024 at 3:33 pm

      Hi Doreen,

      Yes, these bars can be frozen. Place them in a freezer-safe, airtight bag or container, and freeze up to 3 months.

      Thanks,

      Michele

      Reply
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