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Apple Pie Bars

July 28, 2013 by jessfuel 21 Comments

Everyone ready for another round of Secret Recipe Club? I am!

Apple Pie Bars

Members of the Secret Recipe Club are assigned a blog each month. Who has who is a secret until reveal day (today!). The mission is to choose a recipe from the assigned blog, make it, and share it!

This month, I was super excited that I was assigned a blog I’ve been following for a while now! I am a Honey Bee is a mostly-food blog by Nicole, who is a New England native like me and currently lives in Massachusetts (so reading her blog brings some great nostalgia). Nicole has an adorable pup and is currently expecting her first baby! She makes TONS of delicious recipes and I’ve loved following her over the last year or so.

I really wanted to try Nicole’s Tropical Pork Pineapple Kebabs, but in the end, as always, dessert won me over. It’s totally not the right time of year, but Apple Pie Squares were seriously calling out to me.

Apple Pie Bars

Apple Pie Bars

(adapted from I am a Honey Bee)

for the base and topping:

  • 3/4 cup oats
  • 1 cup all purpose flour
  • 1/2 cup whole wheat flour
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 1/2 cup cold butter, cubed
  • 1 egg white

for the filling:

  • 6 oz vanilla yogurt
  • 1/2 tbsp sugar
  • 2 tbsp flour
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 4 cups diced, peeled apple

Preheat oven to 350 degrees and prepare an 8Γ—8 pan by lining with foil or parchment.

In a large bowl, mix the apples with the sugar, flour, and cinnamon. Once evenly coated, add the yogurt and mix to coat all pieces. Set aside.

In a food processor, blend the oats to a fine meal. Add flour, brown sugar, salt, baking powder, and cinnamon, and pulse to combine. Add the butter and pulse until the dough is crumbly. Remove 1 cup of the mix, set aside. Add egg white, and pulse until mixture is just combined.

Evenly press moist mixture into the baking pan. Bake crust for 10 minutes.

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Spoon filling evenly over the crust. Sprinkle reserved topping mixture over apples. Press down to flatten just slightly. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes or until top is golden brown.

Cool in the pan then transfer to the fridge to chill for at least one hour. Remove from pan carefully and slice into 16 squares. Store in an airtight container in the fridge.

Apple Pie Bars

The bars came out great! After months of triple-digit weather, the fall flavors were nice and comforting… even if a little early. I’ll definitely make these again next time I have freshly picked apples! Bonus points for serving with a scoop of vanilla ice cream on top. πŸ˜‰

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Comments

  1. Susan says

    July 28, 2013 at 11:23 pm

    Yum this sounds delicious! Love the yoghurt in the filling. Great pick for SRC!

    Reply
  2. Karen says

    July 29, 2013 at 7:19 am

    What a fabulous SRC pick and such lovely photos too! Karen

    Reply
  3. Rebekah @ Making Miracles says

    July 29, 2013 at 7:35 am

    Oh those look absolutely FANTASTIC – what a great selection!!

    Reply
  4. JJ - 84thand3rd says

    July 29, 2013 at 8:56 am

    These sound and look great!! I recon they’d be perfect with summer stone fruit like peaches instead of apples too ;D Lovely SRC pick

    Reply
  5. Traci says

    July 29, 2013 at 9:01 am

    I love apples and have way too many in my fridge right now. Going to have to try this recipe, it looks amazing!

    Reply
  6. Kirstin says

    July 29, 2013 at 9:13 am

    Yum…I have a similar recipe and they are so yummy!!!! Great choice.

    Reply
  7. Melissa says

    July 29, 2013 at 9:20 am

    These sound amazing! I’ll be trying them for sure! Awesome pick this month πŸ™‚

    Reply
  8. Erin @ The Spiffy Cookie says

    July 29, 2013 at 9:23 am

    Great recipe pick! I had her blog last month, and yours this month!

    Reply
  9. Dorothy at ShockinglyDelicious says

    July 29, 2013 at 9:45 am

    I can eat apple desserts all year long! Great SRC pick!

    Reply
  10. Janie E says

    July 29, 2013 at 12:17 pm

    That’s perfect for upcoming fall – it’s already cooling down where I live, so I’m saying goodbye to summer LOL.

    The tropical pineapple pork kebabs are AMAZING! I made them last month (not for SRC) – so good! πŸ™‚

    Happy Reveal Day!

    Reply
  11. avril says

    July 29, 2013 at 4:02 pm

    Hello there yumminess!!! I will be definitely be making these bars this Fall when apples are coming out of my ears with abundance! πŸ™‚ Fabulous SRC pick!!

    Reply
  12. Erin @ Table for 7 says

    July 29, 2013 at 6:07 pm

    They look so very yummy! Pinned them to try. What a great choice..happy reveal day πŸ™‚

    Reply
  13. Casey says

    July 29, 2013 at 7:43 pm

    These look so yummy! Great SRC pick. Makes me hopeful for Fall πŸ™‚

    Reply
  14. Asiya @ Chocolate and Chillies says

    July 30, 2013 at 9:41 am

    My 6 yr old son is sitting with me as I comment on all the SRC posts and when he saw the picture of your apple pie bars he thought the ice cream were actually marshmallows on the plate πŸ™‚ LOL! He’s been on a marshmallow kick lately…he’s giggling as he reads me typing this πŸ™‚

    I love apple anything and will have to save this for when we go apple picking in September. Great SRC pick!

    Reply
    • jessfuel says

      July 31, 2013 at 4:32 pm

      Haha marshmallows!! How cute πŸ™‚

      Reply
  15. SallyBR says

    July 30, 2013 at 11:47 am

    Apple pie bars, now THAT’S a great idea! None of the stress to roll the crust and all that, just the perfect apple pie taste…

    love this!

    Reply
  16. [email protected] says

    July 30, 2013 at 12:48 pm

    I don’t think I can wait until fall to make these–they look totally yummy!

    Reply
  17. Bobbi's Kozy Kitchen (@BobbisKozyKtchn) says

    July 30, 2013 at 2:34 pm

    WOW those look good! They would have won me over too! Great SRC pick!

    Reply
  18. nicole @ I am a Honey Bee says

    July 31, 2013 at 6:16 am

    Glad you enjoyed these!
    They have me craving fall right now! I totally need to make them again.

    Reply
  19. April @ Angel's Homestead says

    July 31, 2013 at 7:06 pm

    These look amazing, and perfect for the upcoming Fall apple season. Oh, I bet they would be great with peaches too.

    Reply

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    […] Ok, ok, pumpkin can’t have all the fun. Apples are great autumn treat, too! Use up you crisp fall harvest in these Apple Pie Bars. […]

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