Blueberry Cookie Bars

Ingredients

Blueberry Sauce

• 1 1/2 cups blueberries
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1 Tbsp. cornstarch
• 1/2 cup water
• Cookies batter
• 1/3 cup oil
• 1/4 cup butter, softened
• 2 cups sugar
• 4 large eggs
• 2 tsp vanilla
• 3 cups flour
• 1/4 tsp baking soda

Icing

• 1/2 cup confectioners sugar
• Finely grated zest of 1 lemon
• Lemon juice

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and grease 9x13 baking dish
2. Prepare Blueberry Sauce: Combine sugar and cornstarch in small saucepan. Take 1/2 cup of the blueberries and crush with a fork. Add to the saucepan with 1/2 cup of water. Stir. Bring to a boil and cook until sauce is thickened and translucent. Remove from heat and add remaining 1 cup of blueberries. Allow to cool at room temperature.
3. In a large bowl, cream together oil, butter and sugar. Add eggs and vanilla and beat well. Add the flour and baking soda and stir just until the batter comes together.
4. Spread 2/3 of the batter in the bottom of the pan. Pour Blueberry sauce , then drop the remaining dough in spoonfuls over the fruit.
5. Bake for 30-40 minutes, until golden and springy to the touch. Let cool.
6. To make the icing, mix together icing sugar and lemon zest, then gradually add lemon juice until you have a smooth, slightly runny icing, adding more juice, if needed. Drizzle over cookie bars.
7. Once cooled, cut into bars.