Caramel Apple Pie Bars
Ingredients
Crust
- 1 pound salted butter soft
- ¾ cup white sugar
- ½ cup light brown sugar lightly packed
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 4 cups flour
- 1½ teaspoons kosher salt
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ½ cup toffee chips
Apple Filling
- 6 large apples peeled, quartered, cored, and sliced 1/8 inch thick
- ¼ cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 4 tablespoons salted butter
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
Caramel
- 1 cup packed brown sugar
- ½ cup half-and-half
- 4 tablespoons butter
- Pinch of salt
Glaze
- ½ c-1 cup confectioners sugar
- a few teaspoons of milk
Instructions
Crust
- Beat butter, sugars and vanilla until creamy.
- On low, add flour and salt.
- Put 2/3 dough in a 9x13 pan lined with parchment and press on the bottom and a little up the sides.
- Chill 20 mins.
- Bake 20 mins and cool.
- Add cinnamon to the remaining dough and 1/2 cup toffee chips. Combine well.
- Lower the oven to 350 degrees.
Filling
- Combine apples, sugar and cinnamon.
- Melt the butter in a deep skillet and cook the apples about 15 mins. (liquid should be mostly gone)
- Spread the apples over the crust, leaving a small border.
- Dollop the remaining dough on top as a crumb topping.
- Bake for 25 to 30 minutes, until the topping is browned. Cool completely and cut into bars.
Caramel
- Mix the sugar, half-and-half, butter and salt in a pot on med-low.
- Cook while whisking 5-7 mins.
- Pour into a mason jar and keep chilled.
- Bring to room temp and pour on cooled apple bars
Glaze
- whisk sugar and milk until desired consistency.
- Pour over cold bars.