Caramel Apple Bars
Caramel Apple Bars
Crust:
1 cup flour
1 cup almond flour
1 teaspoon salt
12 tablespoons unsalted butter (cold, cut into cubes)
1 teaspoon Autumn Warmth
1/2 cup sugar
Filling
4 Honey Crisp apples (thinly sliced)
1/2 cup brown sugar
2 teaspoons Autumn Warmth
3 tablespoons honey
1/2 cup brown sugar
2 teaspoons lemon juice
2 tablespoons butter
Toppings:
1/3 cup crushed walnuts (optional)
In a food processor, add the flour, almond flour, Autumn Warmth, salt and sugar. Pulse in the cold butter until combined. The mixture should be crumbly but come together in ball easily.
Form the crumble mixture into a ball and wrap with plastic wrap. Place in the refrigerator for 30 minutes to an hour.
In the meantime work your filling!
Add your sliced apples, brown sugar, Autumn Warmth, lemon juice, honey and brown sugar to a large bowl. Mix until all the apples are coated.
In a large saucepan, add the butter and then the apples. Sauté the apples on medium heat for about 15 minutes. You want the juiced to thicken and for the water to evaporate. Once it’s done, set aside to cool for 20 minutes.
While the apples cook, take the dough out of the refrigerator and cut off 2/3 of the dough. Press the 2/3 of the dough into a 8X8 pan that has been lined with aluminum foil. The foil should hang over the sides. Press down until the dough is evenly distributed in all 4 corners.
Bake the crust for 20 minutes 350º.
Once the crust had finished cooking, allow it to cool for 20 minutes.
Then add in the apple mixture to the crust. Evenly spread the apples across the crust.
Then take the remaining dough and crumble it over the apples. Top the crumbled dough with walnuts.
Pop in the oven at 375º for 45 minutes.
Take them out and allow to cool on rack for 20 minutes in the pan. The pull them out of the pan by carefully lifting the aluminum foil.
Take the aluminum foil out and allow to completely cool before cutting into bars.
Enjoy! With love + salt, Emily