Our Finest Apple Pie Bars with Salted Caramel Sauce are the proper dessert for FALL! Think about a comfortable, buttery crust, crammed with tart apples, sugar and spices, plus an oatmeal-crumble topping that’s much like apple crisp, solely higher! Oh, and don’t overlook the salted caramel sauce!
In case you are in love with apple pie or apple crisp, it’s important to make this dessert! As we strategy the vacations, this dessert is a good choice if you’re feeling just a little hesitant to commit to creating a pie, however need to serve a particular dessert at Thanksgiving or Christmas…
Our Finest Apple Pie Bars are humble sufficient to make for a weeknight dessert, and fancy sufficient to take to particular dinner. The Salted Caramel Sauce (recipe under) takes this dessert excessive! Serve the nice and cozy caramel sauce over a chunk of our Apple Pie Bars with a scoop of vanilla ice cream. This dessert goes to be your new favourite vacation deal with!
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Why I really like our Finest Apple Pie Bars with Salted Caramel Sauce:
- Candy and tart apples, with a buttery crust and simply the correct quantity of crumble topping
- Straightforward to make, and layers might be made forward (crust, topping, salted caramel) see recipe notes
- One pan serves 16
- Could be made in a 9×13 and served out of the pan, or on a platter
- Could be served and eaten as a bar or on a plate with a fork
The way to make our Finest Apple Pie Bars:
- Put together the apple filling, put aside
- Put together the crumble topping, put aside
- Put together the crust, press into pan and bake
- When the crust is completed, take away from oven, pour apple filling on high
- Spoon the crumble topping over the apples and bake once more as directed
- Take away from oven when golden and apples are fork-tender
- Let cool and put together salted caramel sauce (optionally available)
- Spoon sauce over each bit and serve
Components to make our Finest Apple Pie Bars: (a number of of the elements are used a number of occasions in layers)
- Granny smith apples
- Sugar, granulated and brown
- Cinnamon, nutmeg
- AP flour
- Vanilla
- Butter
- Oats
- Salt
Straightforward Salted Caramel Sauce recipe (optionally available), for the caramel sauce you want these elements:
- Sugar
- Butter
- Water
- Heavy cream
- Salt
Do apple bars should be refrigerated?
Apple Pie Bars are finest made and eaten on the identical day. They are often frozen, however the texture adjustments only a bit. The moisture within the apples tends to make the crust a bit soggy after freezing and thawing. It’s best to refrigerate any leftovers!
I do know when you give this recipe a attempt you may severely take into account NOT making pie this vacation season as a result of it’s really easy to make and the flavors are virtually equivalent to conventional apple pie! It nonetheless appears extra like a dessert bar to me, than a pie, both approach, I do know you’re going to fall in love with this recipe!
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The Finest Apple Pie Bars begin with a shortbread crust, recent apple filling and an oat crumble high. Our Salted Caramel Sauce is the proper method to end this dessert off!
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For Filling:
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Place ready apples in a medium dimension bowl. Pour sugar, brown sugar, flour, cinnamon and nutmeg into the bowl. Toss to coat. Put aside.
For Crumble Topping:
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Mix oats, flour, brown sugar and cinnamon right into a mixing bowl. Reduce the butter into items and add to dry elements. Utilizing a pastry cutter, fork or arms, lower butter into dry elements till it kinds small crumbles. Put aside.
For Crust:
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Place flour, sugar, vanilla, cinnamon and salt in a medium dimension bowl. Add melted butter to dry elements and blend properly to mix. Press dough right into a parchment lined pan.
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Bake at 350º for 10 minutes. Take away from oven.
Assemble, cool and serve recommendations:
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Spoon the apple filling on high of the baked crust (no have to let the crust cool). Unfold apples into a good layer protecting the crust. Don’t pat down the apples, they may settle whereas baking. Sprinkle crumble layer on high of the apple filling, distributing crumble all the best way to the corners of the pan. Bake for 45-55 minutes or till the crumble topping is golden brown and the apples are fork tender.
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Take away from the oven and permit to chill fully earlier than reducing and serving. Serve with salted caramel sauce (optionally available) and ice cream, or with out topping.
- We like Granny Smith apples finest on this recipe.
- The caramel sauce (under) just isn’t obligatory, however provides a lot to this dessert! The caramel sauce might be drizzled excessive of bars or spooned on particular person items.
- The recipe requires permitting the bars to chill fully earlier than serving, which makes it simpler to serve if the bars are served as a choose up merchandise. If serving the bars with caramel sauce, they could be served heat utilizing a small spatula.
- For make-ahead as much as 3 days for crust and crumble: Make the crumble layer, retailer in fridge in a coated container. Make the crust layer, bake and let cool, cowl let sit on countertop for as much as 3 days or freeze and thaw earlier than continuing. Caramel might be made per week forward, retailer coated in fridge. Let come to room temp or warmth and stir earlier than utilizing.
- Any leftover bars are finest saved, coated within the fridge.
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1 9×13 pan
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parchment paper
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One pan and quarter-hour to make this scrumptious do-it-yourself salted caramel sauce!
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Mix sugar and water in a medium to giant heavy saucepan over medium excessive warmth. Prepare dinner till the sugar is totally dissolved, about 3-4 minutes.
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Add butter, and let soften.
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Carry combination to a boil and proceed cooking with out stirring. The combination will flip a golden amber coloration after about 7-9 minutes. This occurs shortly, so don’t depart the kitchen! As soon as the caramel reaches this coloration, take away from warmth.
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Rigorously add the whipping cream to the pan. The combination will bubble up fairly a bit. Utilizing an extended deal with whisk, rigorously whisk till easy. Add vanilla and salt and whisk once more. The combination will thicken because it cools. Retailer in a glass container, within the fridge for 1-2 weeks coated.
- Ensure that to make use of a big sufficient pan to make caramel! As soon as the cream is added, the combination grows fairly a bit within the pan and can overflow if the pan is simply too small.
- A small Mason jar or different warmth proof glass works properly for storage.
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