Dutch apple crumb bars

16 Bars

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
1½ cup Flour
⅓ cup Sugar
¼ teaspoon Salt
½ cup Cold unsalted butter
1 Egg yolk
2½ tablespoon Cold water
3 cups Peeled cored and chopped
Apples
½ cup Chopped, pitted dates
¼ cup Flour
⅓ cup Rolled oats
⅓ cup Packed light brown sugar
½ teaspoon Cinnamon
Pinch of salt
¼ cup Cold unsalted butter
Cut into 4 pieces

Directions

CRUST

FILLING AND TOPPING

Preheat oven to 350 and grease a 9x9 inch pan. Combine flour, sugar, and salt in a food processor. Add butter in pieces and process to make a fine meal. Blend yolk and water. Pour over dry ingredients and process until damp crumbs form. Pat crumbs into bottom and halfway up sides of pan. Bake for 25 minutes. Mix apples, dates, sugar, and lemon juice. Spread evenly over crust. Combine flour, oats, brown sugar, cinnamon and salt. Add butter and rub it to make damp crumbs.

Cover apples with topping and pat gently. Bake 40 minutes until golden brown. Cool completely before slicing. From Farmer's Almanac Cookie Lovers Calendar 1997

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