Apple Bars with a Double Buttery Crust
Recipe: #10902
October 31, 2013
Categories: Desserts, Cookies, Apple, Brunch, Fathers Day, Game/Sports Day, July 4th Labor Day, Mothers Day, Potluck, Oven Bake, No Eggs, Bars, more
"if you love apple pie then try this recipe, This makes quite a lot of apple bars but they freeze well, but if you want to reduce this to 8 servings, then prepare recipe as directed, cutting all ingredients in half, assembling dessert in 9-inch square pan and reducing the baking time to 30 to 35 minutes or until golden brown."
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (189.3 g)
- Calories 373.5
- Total Fat - 14.6 g
- Saturated Fat - 9 g
- Cholesterol - 38.4 mg
- Sodium - 206 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 55.8 g
- Dietary Fiber - 3.6 g
- Sugars - 30.7 g
- Protein - 7.1 g
- Calcium - 144.5 mg
- Iron - 0.5 mg
- Vitamin C - 5.2 mg
- Thiamin - 0.1 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
HEAT oven to 400ºF.
Step 2
FOR THE CRUST: beat the cream cheese and butter in large bowl with mixer until blended. Gradually add 3 cups flour, mixing on low speed after each addition just until blended. Shape into 2 balls. Place 1 ball on large lightly floured sheet of waxed paper; flatten slightly. Cover with second floured sheet of waxed paper. Roll out dough to 15-1/2x10-1/2-inch rectangle. Discard top sheet of waxed paper.
Step 3
Spray a 15x10x1-inch pan with cooking spray; invert over rolled-out dough. Flip dough and pan together. (Pan will be on bottom.) Remove second waxed paper sheet; gently press dough onto bottom and up side of pan.
Step 4
Toss apples with remaining 1/2 cup of flour, 1 cup granulated sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg; spread onto bottom of crust.
Step 5
REPEAT rolling out of remaining dough ball to make second rectangle. Remove top sheet of waxed paper; carefully flip dough over apples. Discard waxed paper. Tuck edges of dough down sides of pan to enclose apples.
Step 6
Make several slits in top crust to vent.
Step 7
BAKE 35 to 40 minutes or until golden brown.
Step 8
Cool dessert 15 minutes.
Step 9
Meanwhile, mix confectioners sugar and water or milk until smooth. Drizzle glaze over dessert.
Step 10
Cool 30 min. before cutting into bars.
Tips
- One 15-1/2 x 10-1/2-inch rectangle baking pan