Blueberry Avocado Crumb Squares

Did you know that you can substitute avocado for butter in some recipes?  Instead of using 1/2 cup of butter here I cut the fat by using some avocado. I don't know that I'd want to use only avocado in place of the butter as avocado doesn't have the melty quality that butter has, but using 1/2 works very well. 

1  1/2 cups all-purpose flour

1/2 tsp baking powder

1/2 cup granulated sugar

1/4 cup  unsalted butter or marg

1/4 cup avocado (about 1/2 an avocado)

1 egg

FILLING

2 cups (1 pint) fresh blueberries

1/4 cup granulated sugar

2 tsp cornstarch

1  1/2 tbs lemon juice

Prepare your blueberry filling. Toss together the fresh blueberries, sugar, lemon juice and cornstarch. Set aside. Preheat oven to 375 F, and grease an 8 X 8 inch baking pan. 

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In your mixer bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking powder, butter, avocado and egg, and mix until the dough is moist but very crumbly.

Divide the dough in half, and press one half into your prepared pan for the crust.

Next, pour the blueberry filling mixture over the crust. Take the rest of the crumbly dough and sprinkle it over the blueberries.

Bake for 35  minutes, or until the juices are bubbling and the dough has browned a little bit.

It cuts into beautiful squares that hold together nicely.
And you've got the added nutritional value of the avocado.
Bonus  : )

Adapted from http://ahomemadeliving.com/2013/06/blueberry-crumb-bars