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Apple Crumb Bars

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  • Servings: 24
  • Prep: 25m
  • Cook: 40m
    • The following recipe serves 24 people.

Ingredients

The ingredients are:
  • FOR CRUMB TOPPING
  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1 cup pecan nuts (or walnuts, coarsely chopped)
  • 1/2 cup butter (or margarine, slightly softened)
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar, packed (light or dark brown sugar)
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • FOR CRUST
  • 3 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1/3 cup granulated sugar
  • Salt, pinch
  • 3/4 cup cold butter (or margarine)
  • FOR APPLE FILLING
  • 4 pounds apples (green cooking apples such as Granny Smith, peeled, cored, and cut into 1⁄2-inch chunks)
  • 4 tablespoon butter (or margarine)
  • 3/4 cup raisins (or dried currants)
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar (light or dark brown sugar, packed)
  • 3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 5 teaspoons cornstarch, combined with above-mentioned cornstarch
  • 3 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
We recommend you get your ingredients ready before you start cooking. Once you're ready, here are the steps to making this delicious recipe

How to Make

  • Step 1: Prepare Crumb Topping: In medium bowl, with fingertips, mix all topping ingredients until mixture comes together. Shape into a ball; wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate to use later.

  • Step 2: Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Lightly grease sides of 15 1/2" by 10 1/2" jelly-roll pan.

  • Step 3: Prepare Crust: In large bowl, with fork, mix flour, granulated sugar, and 1/4 teaspoon salt. With pastry blender or 2 knives used scissors-fashion, blend butter into flour mixture until mixture resembles fine crumbs. With hand, press crumb mixture evenly into bottom of prepared pan.

  • Step 4: Bake crust 20 to 24 minutes or until golden brown (crust may crack slightly).

  • Step 5: Meanwhile, prepare Apple Filling: In nonstick 12-inch skillet, cook apples, butter, raisins, brown sugar, and cinnamon over medium heat 25 to 30 minutes or until apples are very tender and most liquid from apples evaporates, stirring occasionally.

  • Step 6: In cup, mix cornstarch and lemon juice. Stir lemon-juice mixture into apple mixture and cook, stirring, until mixture thickens. Remove skillet from heat.

  • Step 7: Spread apple mixture over hot crust. Break Crumb Topping into chunks and scatter over apple mixture.

  • Step 8: Bake 40 minutes or until topping browns.

  • Step 9: Cool completely in pan on wire rack.

  • Step 10: To serve, cut lengthwise into 4 strips, then cut each strip crosswise into 6 squares.

We hope you enjoy this recipe!

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