How to make Flaky Apple Pie Bars
Ingredients
Crust:
2 ½ cups flour
2 egg yolks
1 cup butter or shortening
2 tbsp granulated sugar
½ cup milk
Filling:
8 small Granny Smith Apples, peeled and cored, sliced thin
¼ cup brown sugar
½ cup white sugar
1 tsp cinnamon
Crumb topping:
Save some of the dough that you are using to make the bottom crust.
Add 1 tbsp brown sugar
Crushed pecans
1 tbsp white sugar
2 tbsp flour
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 375*
In a mixing bowl combine the flour and 3 tbsp sugar
Using a pastry cutter combine the butter or shortening with the flour until it forms a crumby type of dough
Add egg yolks and milk in a bowl and beat to combine
Pour this mixture into the flour mixture and combine until a dough is formed
Reserve ¼ of the dough (for the topping)
Press the remaining dough into the bottom of a 9 x 13 baking pan, that has been greased
Place the apples on the top of the dough
Cover the apples with the mix of sugar, brown sugar and cinnamon
The remaining dough can be mixed with the ingredients listed and then crumbled on the top of the apples
Bake for 40 minutes and set aside to cool before cutting into 24 squares