Description
These apple crisp bars have a shortbread crust, soft apple filling, touch of salted caramel and a sweet and crunchy oatmeal crumble!
Ingredients
Scale
- Shortbread Crust
- 1/2 cup salted butter room temperature
- 1 1/4 cups flour
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- Salted Caramel Apple Filling
- 4 cups peeled and thinly sliced apples
- 1/4 cup caramel sauce (from jar)
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar
- 1/4 cup flour
- Topping
- 6 tablespoons salted butter room temperature
- 3/4 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 cup flour
- 1/2 cup oatmeal
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- additional caramel if desired
Instructions
- Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F and line an 8×8* square pan with parchment paper.
- In a mixing bowl combine the butter, flour, brown sugar and salt. Press into the bottom of the prepared pan. Bake for 12 minutes.
- Core, peel, and thinly slice 4-5 apples (or however many it takes to get 4 cups). Set aside.
- In a small bowl, combine the caramel, salt, cinnamon, brown sugar and flour. Pour over the apples and gently stir to coat the apples with the caramel mixture.
- Spoon the apples over the crust and use your hands to press them down so they're in a nice even layer. Set aside.
- In a medium bowl, use a fork to combine the butter, brown sugar, flour, oatmeal and cinnamon. Sprinkle over the apples and gently press down.
- Bake an additional 35-40 minutes, or until the apples are soft.
- Let cool; drizzle with additional caramel sauce and spinkle with additional salt, if desired. Serve as is, or with a scoop of ice cream!
- Prep Time: PT15M
- Cook Time: PT40M