Apple Pie Bars
Apple Pie Bars are the perfect fall dessert featuring a homemade sweet with a cinnamon apple filling and is drizzled with a simple powdered sugar glaze.
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You're going to love how crazy easy these Apple Slices are. It's everything you love about a slice of homemade pie but in easy dessert bar form!
Apple recipes are delicious all year long. If you're looking for more apple treats, try making this Apple Walnut Fritter Bread, enjoy a few Apple Spice Muffins for breakfast, or make an Easy Apple Cake for dessert.
Ingredients needed
- Apples: Any kind of appls works great in this recipe or use a can of apple pie filling.
- Sugar: granulated for the filling and the crust. Powdered sugar for the glaze.
- All purpose flour: To thicken the filling and the crust.
- Spices: Cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt
- Butter: Keep it cold and cut it into tiny pieces so it works into the crust dough easier.
- Eggs: Yolks and whites separated.
- Milk: For the glaze and the crust.
How to make apple pie bars
- Step 1: In a large mixing bowl, add sliced apples, sugar, flour, cinnamon and nutmeg. Toss together with tongs and set aside.
- Step 2: In a separate large bowl, add flour, sugar, salt and whisk together. Add slices of cold butter and use either your fingers or a pastry cutter to mix in the butter.
- Step 3: Once butter is mixed in well, add egg yolks and milk. Mix together until you start to form a crust.
- Step 4: Once the crust dough starts to form, lightly flour your work surface on a cutting board and place the dough ball on it. Split into two equal balls of dough.
- Step 5: Lightly flour work surface if needed, and use a rolling pin to roll out one of the balls of dough. Add a bit of flour to the top if it's too sticky.
- Step 6: Lightly flour and butter your pan. Transfer the crust into the pan and use your fingers to press it down to cover the pan.
- Step 7: Use a pastry brush to coat the crust with egg whites.
- Step 8: Transfer the apple mixture and spread out on top of the crust.
- Step 9: Roll out the other dough ball and carefully transfer on top of the apple filling. Brush this second crust with egg whites as well.
- Step 10: Bake until golden brown.
- Step 11: Mix the powdered sugar and milk together in a small bowl to make the glaze.
- Step 12: Remove baked dessert from the oven, let cool a bit and spread the glaze all over. Cut into bars, serve, and enjoy!
Recipe Tips
- It can be helpful to line the bottom of the pan with parchment paper if you don't want to grease it.
- I recommend using a jelly roll pan. but a 9x13 baking dish can also be used.
- When working your dough, you still want to see small bits of butter throughout. The bits of butter help make this a flaky crust as the butter makes little steam pockets in the dough as it bakes.
Recipe Faq's
I used Fuji apples when making these crispy baked apple slices, but you can use other kinds. Fuji apples are a sweeter variety, so you could also try Gala apples if sticking to sweet kinds. If you prefer tart apples, you could go with Honeycrisp apples that are a bit tart and a bit sweet, or jump into the tartness and go for Granny Smith
apples. Use whatever you prefer.
Yes, let them cool completely and wrap each one in plastic wrap and place in a large ziplock freezer bag and freezer for 3 months. Thaw in the refrigerator.
Apple pie bars can be stored in an airtight container at room temperature for 3-5 days.
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Apple Pie Bars
Equipment
Ingredients
For The Filling
- 7 cups apple peeled and thinly sliced (I used fuji apples)
- 2/3 cup granulated sugar
- ¼ cup all purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
For The Crust
- 2 ½ cups all purpose flour
- 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 cup butter cold cut into tiny pieces
- 2 eggs yolks and whites separated
- ½ cup milk
For The Glaze
- 1 ½ cups powdered sugar
- 3-4 tablespoons milk
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees, lightly butter and flour a Jelly roll pan or 9x13 baking dish.
- In a large bowl add the sliced apples, granulated sugar, flour, cinnamon and nutmeg and toss until coated and set aside.
- In a large bowl add the flour, sugar, and salt and whisk. Using a pastry cutter or your fingers and mix in the cold butter until combined. Using a fork mix in the egg yolks and milk and mix until the crust comes together.
- Place the dough on a well floured cutting board and form the dough into a ball. You should be able to see small bits of butter throughout. Cut the dough into two equal dough balls.
- Flour the cutting board and roll out one of the dough balls, if it gets sticky sprinkle a bit more flour on top.. Place the crust into the prepared pan and press the dough out to cover the pan.
- Brush a light coating of the egg whites on top of the crust.
- Add the sliced apples on top and spread them out as evenly as possible.
- Roll the second pie dough ball out onto the floured cutting board and place on top of the sliced apples.
- Brush another light coating of egg whites on top of the pie crust. (you won’t use it all)
- Place on the center rack and bake for 35-40 minutes or until golden brown, remove from the oven to cool.
- In a small bowl mix the glaze together and set aside.
- When the apple pie bars are cooled a bit spread the glaze on top, cut and serve!
Yay happy it was a hit!
Came out great!!!