Simple Apple Bars
on Aug 23, 2018, Updated Jan 01, 2021
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These Apple Bars make for a fast and delicious apple dessert. Scott shows you how to make these dessert bars using apples from your own tree, or market if you’re not that lucky.
Apple Bars
We’ve been cooking and baking up a storm in our family, over the past few months. We have featured a few recipes using honey crisp apples from our backyard tree, and quite honestly we could make something new every day of the week with those apples and still not run out.
That tree is loaded! With this post, Scott puts together a quick and easy treat that we served to some guest at our cottage last weekend. They are seasonal and delicious; they are Simple Apple Bars.
If you have been following Platter Talk at all, you probably know we are a pretty busy family – two working parents, six boys, and an English bulldog. To help ensure that we have almost no idle time at all, we like to spend weekends at our small lake cottage, about an hour from our home in town.
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I can’t say that we never go out to eat, that would be a blatant untruth. I can say however that we try to eat most of our meals at home, as a family. To that end, we cook. A lot.
Although we try to focus on fresh and healthy, like many busy families we have learned to appreciate our good friend, Convenience. Similarly, I have noticed in the online food world that many people are looking for quick and easy.
And then, for us, there is the “cottage factor.” I try my best, to articulate it to others by describing our cottage as a state of mind. We don’t go there to work, but rather let our shoulders collectively fall.
There are movies, there is fishing, there are nature walks, there are games outdoors and indoors, there are bonfires at night.
Naturally, there is a lot of cooking there as well; sometimes it is more involved than others. On this day, Scott wanted to use some of our apples from home, but he did not want to make it an all-day affair.
Thus, he came up with this recipe for Simple Apple Bars. We served these as a dessert with some vanilla ice cream, last Saturday evening when we had a couple of guests over for a dinner of chicken cacciatore.
Give these apple bars a try, while the apples are fresh. They are delicious, and they are simple.
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Simple Apple Bars
Ingredients
For the Bars
- 5 medium Apples, We used Honey Crisp
- Package of Refrigerator Pie Crust Sheets, I used Pillsbury Refrigerator Pie Crust
- 3/4 cup Sugar
- 2 teaspoons Ground Cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon Ground Cloves
- 1/2 teaspoon Ground Nutmeg
- 1 cup crushed Corn Flakes
- 1 Egg
For the Glaze
- 1 cup Powder Sugar
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla
- 2 tablespoons Milk
Instructions
For the Bars
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Peel apples and slice in uniform slices approximately 1/4 inch thick. Using a medium size mixing bowl combine sugar, cinnamon, cloves nutmeg.
- Unroll the pie crust and place on a 9″x13″ baking pan or cookie sheet. Using a knife cut the pie crust to fit the pan.
- Use the cut pieces of pie crust to fill in any empty voids on the cookie/baking sheet.
- You can “glue” the pieces together by using a wet finger to lightly wet the crust first and then adding the cut pieces to cover the bottom of your cookie/baking sheet.
- Spread the crushed corn flakes over the top of the pie crust and arrange the apples on top of the crushed corn flakes. Next, sprinkle the sugar mixture over the top of the apples.
- Reserve approximately 3 tablespoons of the sugar mixture. This will be used to sprinkle on the top crust prior to baking.
- Unroll the 2nd pie crust sheet and repeat the steps above to cover the apple bars.
- Whisk the egg and brush over the top of the crust. Sprinkle the remaining sugar mixture over the top of crust. Bake for 50 to 60 minutes or until golden brown.
For the Glaze
- Mix powder sugar, vanilla and milk together. Be careful not to add too much milk. You want the mixture to be smooth and thick enough to drizzle over the top of the bars. You do not want this mixture to be too runny.
- The glaze can be drizzled over the bars after they have been removed from the oven and cooled for approximately 20 minutes.
- Allow the glaze to set before servicing. Bars can be served slightly warm or completely cooled.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
I love baking with apples this time of year. This does sound simple and I love that! Not to mention that this looks yummaaay. 🙂
Tina,
This recipe is one of those, “all of the above!!” Thank you for your comments, I hope you stop by Platter Talk again!
Wow and wow!!!! These apple bars are so speaking to me. I could not be in your kitchen, otherwise you would not taste a single crumb of them. Pinned!!!!
Denise,
Thanks so much for stopping by; you are welcome in our kitchen any time!
OMG! The bars look so decadent and absolutely divine!
They did turn out pretty lovely! Thanks for the comments!!
I’ve never tried a honey crisp apple. The name alone sounds wonderful, as do these gorgeously simple, crisp and glaze-drizzled apple bars. I never used to support shortcuts or ‘easy meals’ in cooking but the older I get, the more I completely understand the mindset! Shortcuts can be a lifesaver on a busy day when the cook and family are all exhausted! I can imagine how frantic life would be with six boys. It blows my mind that you have time to run this blog (credit to the cottage? Sounds idyllic!). Thanks for the recipe Dan!
Laura,
Honey crisps are arguably the favorite in these parts. Available locally only in the autumn, they are a premium apple that come at a premium price throughout the year; yet one more reason that we are so fortunate to have one that produces such an abundant harvest! We try in earnest to not eat of boxes and cans and for the most part do pretty well to that end. Yet, on occasion we slide just a wee bit toward convenience. It is so nice to hear from you, a new voice. I hope you will not be a stranger!
With six boys, cooking a lot means both frequently and in quantity. Probably vast quantity. 😉 These apple bars look terrific. Tons of flavor, and perfect for this time of the year. Thanks.
Thank you for stopping by and leaving a comment, and, yes to frequency and quantity!
Oh my – these bars look so totally delish! What a wonderfully thick layer of apples! These would be perfect for breakfast, snack, lunch, tea..with a big bowl of vanilla fro yo!
Thank for sharing this Dan!
Shashi,
This sounds even better with the accompaniments you have suggested!! Thanks fort the comments, my day is always brighter after hearing from you. 🙂
Hi Dan! Wow! These look and sound so good. You know I love apples…and these bars look like they would be perfect with my morning cup of coffee. Thank you for sharing them!
Monet,
It’s great to hear from you! These are so simple, and really, so delicious. I hope you give them try!
YUM! I just love apple pie bars of all varieties…especially made with Honeycrisp apples. With fresh apples and just the right amount of sweetening and spices, you’re golden. Thanks for sharing, Dan!
Stacy,
Thank you for stopping by; hope your week is going well!!
Dan, these look and sound so AMAZING!! So yummy, can you please come over to our house to make these just for us?
Thanks, Ladies! I would if I could!!
These bars look absolutely out of this world! I’m a huge fan of apple desserts so I know I’d love them.
Kim,
These really are wonderful. Fresh, seasonal, and delicious. Thanks very much for your comments. I love hearing from folks.
Hi, I am gathering the ingredients to make these. I just picked some apples from the property I live on and will be using those. I have a question abiut the cornflakes, what purpose do they serve in this recipe? Thanks!!
Thanks so much for the question, Sharon. The cornflakes help to absorb some of the juice form the apples, making these more like a bar than a pie. I hope you enjoys these and please let us know how they turn out!