APPLE PIE CRUMB BARS

INGREDIENTS:

Apple Filling

1. 7 cups Granny Smith Apples, Peeled, Cored and Sliced
2. 1/3 cup Brown Sugar
3. 3 tablespoons All-Purpose Flour or Whole Wheat Pastry Flour
4. 1 tablespoon Cinnamon
5. 1 tablespoon Lemon Juice

Crumb Topping

1. 2 1/3 cup All-Purpose or Whole Wheat Pastry Flour
2. 2 cup Oatmeal
3. 1 cup Brown Sugar
4. 1 cup Granulated Sugar
5. 2 teaspoons Baking Powder
6. 1 teaspoon Salt
7. 2 teaspoon Cinnamon, Ground
8. 1 cup Cold Butter, Cubed

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter a 9"x13" pan. For easy removal line pan with parchment paper and butter parchment paper. Set pan aside.
2. Apple Filling
3. In a large bowl stir apples, brown sugar, flour, cinnamon, and lemon juice together, until well combined.
4. Crumb Topping
5. In a mixer fitted with a paddle attachment stir together on low speed flour, oatmeal, brown sugar, granulated sugar, baking powder, salt and cinnamon, until well combined. Add butter, and mix on medium-low speed, until well combined and crumbly.
6. Press half of the crumb mixture into prepared pan. Cover with apple filling. Press remaining crumb mixture between fingers to form large crumbs, and spread evenly over apples.
7. Bake Apple Pie Crumb Bars for 50-55 minutes, until lightly brown, and apples are desired tenderness when poked with a skewer.
8. Allow bars to cool until just warm before slicing.

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