In my attempt to use up some of my remaining apples, I went on the hunt for a good bar or square recipe. As happy as I’d be to make bunches of apple pies with all of the apples, I wanted to try something different. I came up empty handed after my search. It’s not that there aren’t options out there but none fit what I wanted to do. So I went into brainstorming mode.

I had already made delicious blueberry lemon squares, so why not try and alter that to my liking for the purpose of using up apples? I couldn’t be sure how it would turn out, it was a total experiment. In the process of making the squares I went through two different filling options. The first didn’t appeal to me after I had mixed it together so in a pinch I through together something else. And you know what, it worked. They turned out amazing! ‘Tastes just like apple pie’. I couldn’t have been happier with the outcome, especially since there was no way of knowing if it’d be a winner or a total flop. There isn’t a single thing I would change about this recipe.

Sometimes experiments and recipe alterations really can prove to be winners. Those are sometimes the best recipes since you had no idea if it would work out or not.  Do try these, especially if you fear making a pie…even though you shouldn’t. It’s quick and simple with absolutely no kneading required!

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Apple Pie Squares

Prep Time: 19 minutes
Cook Time: 35 minutes
Total Time: 54 minutes
Yield: 9

Ingredients
 

Base and topping ingredients:

  • 1 1/2 C all purpose flour
  • 1/2 C light brown sugar
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 3/4 C old fashioned oats
  • 1/2 C unsalted butter, cubed
  • 1 large egg, 1/2 whites only
  • 1 tsp cinnamon

Filling ingredients:

  • 3/4 C plain yogurt
  • 1/2 Tbsp granulated sugar
  • 2 Tbsp all purpose flour
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 1-2 C apple slices

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 350F°. In a food processor, combine flour, brown sugar, salt, baking powder, cinnamon and oats.
  • Add butter and blend. Remove 1 cup of oatmeal mix, set aside. Add 1/2 egg whites to food processor, blend until mixture is just combined.
  • Press moist mixture into a foil lined square baking pan. Try to get the crust as flat as possible. Bake crust for 10 minutes.
  • In a small bowl, mix yogurt, sugar, flour and cinnamon. Set aside. Peal, core and slice apples into bite size pieces. Add to the yogurt mix, toss to coat apples. Spoon filling over crust spreading out as evenly as possible.
  • Sprinkle reserved oat mixture over apples. Press down to flatten just slightly. Bake at 350F° for 25 minutes. Cool in pan then transfer to the fridge to chill for at least one hour.
  • Remove from pan carefully and slice into squares.
  • Store in an airtight container in the fridge.

Notes

An original recipe from Baked by Rachel
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Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keywords: Apple