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Apple Pie Bars




Source of Recipe


Fine Cuisine magazine


Recipe Introduction


These apple pie bars have a lot going for them. Of course they taste good. But where they really excel is in the speed and ease department.
Makes: about 16 wedges or squares
Total time: about 1 hour + cooling

NOTE:
If you don�t have a springform pan, don�t worry. This recipe can just as easily be baked in a 10-inch fluted tart pan with a removeable bottom or a 9-inch square pan.



List of Ingredients




FOR THE BASE & STREUSEL �
2 cups all-purpose flour
3⁄4 cup brown sugar
3⁄4 tsp. ground cinnamon
1⁄2 tsp. table salt
6 Tbsp. cold unsalted butter
3 Tbsp. milk
3 Tbsp. unsalted butter, melted


FOR THE APPLE FILLING �
3-1⁄2 cups Granny Smith apples, peeled, cored, diced
1⁄3 cup sugar
1⁄4 cup heavy cream
1 Tbsp. all-purpose flour
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1⁄4 tsp. ground cinnamon
Pinch of salt


Recipe



Preheat oven to 350�; coat a 10-inch springform pan with removeable bottom with nonstick spray.

Combine 2 cups flour, brown sugar, cinnamon, and salt for the base and streusel mixture in a bowl. Transfer 3/4 cup of the mixture to a second bowl; set aside for the topping.

Cut 6 Tbsp. cold butter and milk into the remaining dry ingredients using a pastry blender or your fingers. Mix until clumps form. Pat the mixture evenly into the prepared pan, using a measuring cup to �tamp� down the dough. Bake for 15�20 minutes, or until set and golden at the edges.

Stir melted butter into the reserved streusel mixture until sandy; set aside.

Toss all ingredients for the filling together. Arrange over the hot base, pushing apple pieces to the edges of the pan to completely cover the crust.

Sprinkle apples with the streusel topping, and bake until apples are soft and streusel is golden, 30�40 minutes.

Cool bars for at least 30 minutes before removing the side of the pan and cutting into wedges. Store bars at room temperature or chill.


STEPS FOR SUCCESS:
1. Cut cold butter into flour with a pastry blender until butter is broken down into pea-sized pieces.

2. Pat the dough down into pan with a measuring cup until evenly flat.

3. Arrange apple filling evenly over the entire baked crust to cover

4. Sprinkle apple filling with streusel topping and bake until golden brown.