apple shortbread bars

Apple Shortbread Bars are layered dessert bars with a shortbread crust and a layer of spiced apples covered and baked with crumble topping.

Apple Shortbread Bars

(219 g) all-purpose flour

(32 g) cornstarch

(150 g) superfine sugar*

salt

(2 sticks / 227 g) unsalted butter, (cold, cubed)

(62.5 g) light brown sugar, (packed)

all-purpose flour

cinnamon

½ cup (62.5 g) all-purpose flour

(67 g) light brown sugar, (packed)

unsalted butter, (cold, cubed)

Preheat oven. Line a baking dish with parchment paper.

Preheat the oven to 350°F. Line a 9x9-inch baking dish with parchment paper. Set aside.

Whisk together flour, cornstarch, sugar, and salt.

In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, cornstarch, sugar, and salt until combined.

Place butter cubes in the flour mixture.

Place the butter cubes in the flour mixture. Mix by hand until the dough is light yellow in color and small crumbs form, rubbing any remaining butter bits into the flour mixture.

Press shortbread mixture into lined pan. Pierce with fork.

Press the shortbread mixture firmly and evenly into the lined pan. Using a fork, pierce dough at 1-inch intervals.

Bake.

Bake for 15 minutes. While the shortbread is baking, prepare the apple mixture and the crumble topping.

Shortbread

Mix together apple mixture.

Place sliced apples in a bowl. Add brown sugar, flour, and cinnamon. Stir gently, making sure every piece of apple is coated in the sugar mixture.

Apple Mixture

Make crumble topping. Whisk together flour, brown sugar, and cinnamon.

In a small bowl, whisk together the flour, brown sugar, and cinnamon until combined.

Mix butter in mixture.

Add the cubed butter to the flour mixture. Using your hands or a fork, mix the butter into the flour mixture until the butter pieces are pea-sized or smaller.

Crumble Topping

Top baked shortbread with apple mixture.

Once the shortbread crust has baked for the 15 minutes, remove from the oven. Top the crust with the apple mixture.

Sprinkle crumble topping on top.

Sprinkle the crumble topping over the apple mixture.

Bake for 35-40 minutes, or until golden brown.

Chill.

Allow the bars to cool to room temperature, then transfer to the fridge to chill for at least two hours before serving.

Serve with drizzled caramel.

Assembly

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