apple pie bars

apple pie bars

If you love apple pie but don’t want to spend all of the time making one, these apple pie bars are the answer! With the same great taste but a much easier process, you’ll love these bars. Enjoy making these this fall season!

INGREDIENTS

For the granola crust:

• 2 3/4 cups rolled oats
• 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 3/4 cup light brown sugar
• 1/2 cup white granulated sugar
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 1 tsp kosher salt
• 16 tbsp unsalted butter cold and cut into small pieces

For the apple pie filling:

• 4 apples (such as Braeburn, Honeycrisp, or Pink Lady)
• 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/4 cup white granulated sugar
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp allspice
• 1/4 cup maple syrup

INSTRUCTIONS

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease a 10×14 baking pan and set it aside.

For the crust:

• In a large bowl, mix together the rolled oats, flour, brown sugar, white granulated sugar, cinnamon, and kosher salt.

• Add the cubes of cold butter and toss with the dry ingredients. Work the butter into the dry mixture until it resembles wet sand with some pea-sized pieces of butter. Reserve 2 cups of the prepared crust and set it aside.

• Press the remaining crust into a 10×14 pan (also called a jelly roll-size pan). Firmly and evenly press the crust, making sure to press the crust mixture up the sides of the pan. Bake the crust for 15 minutes. Once baked, remove it from the oven and set aside to cool.

For the filling

• Prepare the filling by coring and thinly slicing the apples. In a large bowl, combine the prepared apples, flour, white granulated sugar, maple syrup, cinnamon, and allspice. Stir until well combined, then pour the mixture onto the baked crust.

• Spread the apples out into an even layer, overlapping as needed to fit all the apples. Bake in the 350°F preheated oven until the apples are tender, 35-45 minutes. Remove from the oven and cool one hour before enjoying them!