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apple pie bars

Apple Pie Bars

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  • Author: McKenzie Hicks

Description

Think of these apple pie bars as apple pie’s fun, laid-back little sister. They have all the buttery crust, cinnamon-spiced apples, and cozy flavor you love, but in an easy-to-make dessert.

Ingredients

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Spiced Cookie Crust

  • 2 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1 cup butter
  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 2 tsp vanilla
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 1/2 tsp nutmeg

Apple Pie filling

  • 4 apples, peeled and thinly sliced
  • 2 tbsp flour
  • 2 tbsp butter
  • 1 tbsp lemon juice
  • 1/3 cup sugar
  • 1/3 cup brown sugar
  • 1 tbsp cornstarch
  • 1 tbsp water
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 1/4 tsp nutmeg
  • 1/4 tsp cloves

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350ºF. 
  2. Use a 9×9-inch square. baking pan. Grease the pan with butter or cooking spray and line parchment paper. Set aside until ready to assemble bars
  3. In a medium bowl, mix together flour, nutmeg, and cinnamon. Set aside.
  4. Using an electric mixer with paddle attachment, beat butter, sugar, and vanilla together until creamy. 
  5. Add in the flour mixture and mix until combined. Turn the dough out onto a sheet of plastic wrap and form it into a disk. Wrap tightly in the plastic wrap and chill for about 20 minutes while you make the apple pie filling
  6. Make apple filling. Peel, core, and thinly slice apples. We recommend using a mandolin to get really thin, even slices. 
  7. In a skillet or Dutch oven over medium-high heat, melt butter. Add sliced apples, flour, lemon juice, sugar, and spices to the skillet. Toss to evenly coat. Let the apples cook down. 
  8. In a small bowl mix together 1 tbsp of cornstarch and 1 tbsp of water to make your slurry. Pour the slurry into the apple mixture and stir. Let the apples simmer for 1-2 minutes and remove them from the heat. 
  9. Take 1/2 of your dough and roll it out into a 9×9-inch square. Press it into the bottom of your lined loaf pan. It’s okay if some of the dough goes up the sides of the edges, like a pie crust. Make sure the entire bottom of the pan is covered in crust. 
  10. Roll out the second half of the dough on a floured surface into a thin rectangle that is about 1/4-inch thick. Cut the rolled dough into strips that are about 1/2 inch thick. 
  11. Pour the warm apple filling on top of the bottom crust layer. Lay the strips in a lattice pattern on the top of the apple filling.
  12. Bake for 35-45 minutes until the top is slightly browned. Remove from the oven and place on a cooling rack until they are completely cool (about an hour) that way you can get crisp, clean cut slices. 
  13. Once completely cooled, slice into 9-12 bars. Enjoy!

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