Crumble Apple Pie Bars

Pre-heat the oven to 350* F.

Crust:

*2 cups All-purpose Flour
*1/2 teaspoon Salt
*3/4 cup Crisco, I like Butter Flavored
*1/3 cup Milk plus 2 teaspoons Vinegar

Combine with a fork the flour, salt and Crisco just until crumbly, don’t over mix. Add the milk and vinegar mixture and mix just until moist. Let the dough rest for 5 minutes. Roll out dough in a rectangular shape on a piece of wax paper or on a floured surface. Place the rolled-out dough on a parchment lined 9 x 13 jelly roll pan, sprayed with cooking spray. (You will have extra dough, use if needed for edges.) Form the dough onto the jelly roll pan to form for the crust like you would a pie. (Refrigerate the jelly rolled pan with formed dough crust in fridge while making the filling and crumb topping.). Then layer the below filling to the top of pie crust and top with crumbled topping.

Crust recipe slightly adapted from Real Food for Real People, Best Pie Crust.

Filling:

*7 Apples, peeled and thinly sliced
*2 tablespoons All-purpose Flour
*1/4 cup Granulated Sugar
*2 teaspoons Cinnamon
*1/4 teaspoon Nutmeg
*1 teaspoon Vanilla

Combine the above filling ingredients except for the sliced apples and vanilla until combined and then add apples plus the vanilla. Toss together until apples are covered with mixture and place on top the uncooked prepared crust.

Crumb Topping:

*1 cup Old Fashion Oats
*1/2 cup All-Purpose Flour
*2/3 cup Brown Sugar
*1/2 teaspoon Cinnamon
*1/2 cup cold salted Butter, cubed

Stir the above topping ingredients with a fork until crumbly and add to the top of apples and bake in oven for 45-50 minutes. Cut into squares and serve hot with whipped topping or ice-cream and enjoy!

Have a great day!

Jessica and Lindy