Apple Streusel Bars
Easier (and tastier!) than pie, these apple streusel bars will find a permanent place on your dessert or brunch table!
Servings servings
Equipment
Ingredients
Sweet Pastry
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- ½ cup sugar
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 cup butter chilled from the fridge
- 1 egg beaten
Apple Filling
- ½ cup white sugar
- ¼ cup flour
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 4 cups peeled and sliced Granny Smith apples 3-5 apples
Glaze
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 3 tablespoons milk whole milk if you have it, otherwise anything will do
- 1 teaspoon almond extract
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350℉. Line a 9x13 baking dish with parchment, or spray with non-stick spray.
- To prepare crust, mix flour, sugar, salt, and baking powder in a medium bowl.Cut in cold butter with a pastry blender or two knives until you have pea-sized crumbles. OR use my favorite method, grate it with a cheese grater and use your hands to crumble together.
- Gently mix in beaten egg a little at a time while mixing with a fork to distribute.
- Set aside about 1 ½ cups of your crumble topping (it should be about 1/3 of your total mixture) and then pour the rest into your baking dish and gently pat into dish.
- To prepare apple filling, combine flour, sugar, and cinnamon and toss with apples.
- Spread apples out on prepared crust. Sprinkle reserved crust mixture over apples evenly and bake in preheated oven for about 35-45 minutes. the top should be lightly golden brown and set.
- When finished, allow to cool completely.
- To prepare glaze, whisk together powdered sugar, almond extract, and enough milk to achieve desired consistency for drizzling. Start slowly with the milk, you may not need all of it.
- Place glaze in a Ziploc bag and cut off a very small portion of one of the corners (or just use a fork) to drizzle glaze over cooled pastry and allow to harden (you can place it in the freezer to hurry things along). Cut into bars and serve.
Tip for Glaze: If you'd like a light drizzle, you can cut the glaze in half, which I sometimes do. The full batch may give you more than you need, so just drizzle on to your liking!
These can be served as handheld bars OR cut into larger squares and served on a plate with a fork, or warm with ice cream!
Nutrition
Calories: 186kcal, Carbohydrates: 27g, Protein: 2g, Fat: 8g, Saturated Fat: 5g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.4g, Monounsaturated Fat: 2g, Trans Fat: 0.3g, Cholesterol: 27mg, Sodium: 122mg, Potassium: 21mg, Fiber: 0.4g, Sugar: 18g, Vitamin A: 250IU, Vitamin C: 0.003mg, Calcium: 13mg, Iron: 1mg
Calories: 186kcal
Cost: $5
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