Caramel Apple Crumble Bars

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I tried these at Rebecca’s house, and they were amazing. I give them a 9.5. I don’t know if I just wasn’t expecting them to be this good, but they were seriously fabulous. The original recipe came from annies-eats.com. and I have put Rebecca’s changes in bold below.

Caramel Apple Crumble Bars

Yield: 16 bars

Ingredients

For the filling:
2 tbsp. unsalted butter
4 large (or 5 medium) apples, peeled and sliced I would add even more
3 tbsp. sugar
¾ tsp. ground cinnamon
Dash of grated nutmeg
9 oz. caramel candies, unwrapped She made her own caramel, which I have listed below
2 tbsp. heavy cream she left this out

For the dough:
1½ cups all-purpose flour
1 cup old-fashioned oats
1/3 cup sugar
1/3 cup brown sugar, lightly packed
¾ tsp. baking powder
½ tsp. salt
¼ tsp. ground cinnamon
12 tbsp. cold unsalted butter, cut into small pieces
1 large egg yolk
1 tsp. vanilla extract
½ cup chopped nuts, such as pecans or walnuts (optional) she left these out, but it would be awesome with them.

Directions

  • Preheat the oven to 375˚ F.  Line a 9 x 9-inch baking pan with foil or parchment paper.  To make the filling, melt the butter in a large skillet over medium heat.  Stir in the apple slices, sugar, cinnamon, and nutmeg.  Cook, stirring occasionally, under the apples are golden brown and caramelized, about 15 minutes.  Remove from the heat.

  • Meanwhile, prepare the dough.  In a medium mixing bowl, combine the flour, oats, sugars, baking powder, salt and cinnamon and stir to blend.  Add in the butter pieces and cut into the dry ingredients using a pastry cutter or two knives until the mixture resembles coarse meal.  Add in the egg yolk and vanilla and stir with a fork or knead very briefly just until a crumbly dough comes together.  Transfer about two thirds of the dough mixture to the prepared baking pan and press down into an even layer.  Bake until light golden, about 12-14 minutes.

  • While the base is baking, combine the caramels and cream in a medium saucepan set over medium heat.  Melt the caramels, stirring occasionally, until the mixture is totally smooth.  Remove from the heat.  Once the base layer is baked, pour the caramel over the top.  Layer with the cooked apple slices.  Crumble the remaining dough over the top of the apple slices.  Sprinkle evenly with the chopped nuts, if using.

  • Bake about 22-25 minutes or until the top is golden brown.  Transfer the pan to a wire rack to cool.  Let cool completely before slicing and serving.

recipe retrieved 9/13/14 from http://www.annies-eats.com/2012/09/07/caramel-apple-crumble-bars/

Here is Rebecca’s caramel:

1 cube butter

2 1/3 cup brown sugar

1 cup white Karo syrup

1 can sweetened condensed milk

Boil until it reaches 120 degrees, or really soft ball stage. P.S. for dip you can add 1/2 tsp. vanilla and 1/2-1 tsp. cinnamon. Anyway, she used half of this recipe for the caramel part of the bars.

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