Guava Bars
Tropical guava bars with a buttery base, sweet guava layer and topped with a crunchy corn flakes & oat streusel. Super easy and delicious!
So excited to share these delicious guava bars. Guava or Guayaba is one of those fruits that bring back so many memories! But I actually never made guava bars before. We’d either eat them in jam form (with cream cheese) or make a delicious juice.
These guava bars are super easy to make. Start with a shortbread layer, topped with sliced guava paste, and then finished with an oat & corn flakes topping.
I was able to find guava paste at my local hispanic market. The GOYA brand is pretty good and you can find it on Amazon, too. All you need to do is slice the paste about 1/4″ thick and layer it on top of the dough base. Don’t leave any empty holes.
To make the streusel
Traditional guava bars are topped with oats, but I wanted to take it up a notch and add almond flour and corn flakes (or frosted flakes). It tastes amazing and I’m obsessed with how these turned out!
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Guava Bars
- Total Time: 50 minutes
- Yield: 9 bars
Description
Tropical guava bars with a buttery base, sweet guava layer and topped with a crunchy corn flakes & oat streusel. Super easy and delicious!
Ingredients
For the Shortbread Base:
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1 tbsp maple syrup
- 2 tsp vanilla
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 2 cups all purpose flour, unbleached
For the Guava Layer:
- 15 oz guava paste
For the Streusel:
- 1/2 cup oats
- 1/4 corn flakes
- 1/4 cup almond flour
- 3 tbsp brown sugar
- 2 tbsp coconut oil, melted
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350F. Grease and line an 8×8″ pan.
- For the base: in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat butter and sugar until creamy and fluffy. Add maple syrup, vanilla and salt, and continue beating. Add flour and beat until fully combined. Press dough onto greased pan.
- For the guava layer: cut guava paste into 1/4″ slices and cover the dough base.
- For the streusel: in a separate bowl, combine streusel ingredients with the melted and cooled oil. Sprinkle over guava layer evenly.
- Bake for 35-40 minutes, until golden.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 35 minutes
- Category: dessert, snack
- Cuisine: latin, hispanic
