One of my oldest recipes (and one of the first that made me really proud) has a home!
The bars are the easiest thing to throw together and quickly satisfy that apple pie craving, IMO.
They’re the perfect dessert for breakfast, esp with some greek yog for protein.
Try them and thank me later! Or just lmk.
Easy Apple Pie Bars
Servings: 16 bars
Calories: 102kcal
Equipment
- 8×8 baking dish
Ingredients
Crust layer
- 1/2 cup applesauce (120 g) sub mashed banana or pumpkin puree
- 2 tbsp coconut oil (30 g)
- 2 tbsp maple syrup (42 g)
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 cup oats (80 g) rolled or quick
- 1 cup almond flour (120 g) can sub regular/gf flour
Filling layer
- 2 medium sweet apples, peeled and diced quite small (about 400 g)
- 2 tbsp sugar (24 g) brown/coconut sugar works best
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp salt
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F and line an 8×8 dish with parchment.
- Combine applesauce, coconut oil, maple syrup, vanilla.
- Add oats, flour, dash of cinnamon, pinch of salt. Combine and press into pan. Bake 10 minutes.
- Toss apples with sugar, cinnamon, salt and optional lemon juice/zest. Sprinkle on the crust layer and press down to pack in tightly.
- Bake 30 more minutes.
- Let bars cool and set in the fridge for a few hours, slice and enjoy!
Notes
- I have made these with almond flour and white whole wheat flour, both worked very well (nutrition info is based on almond). Almond flour was a bit more moist and rich tasting but the wheat flour version was very good too!
- These bars are sweet enough for snacks. Increase the amount of sugar in this recipe (in either layer) if you want them “dessert sweet”.
Nutrition
Calories: 102kcal | Carbohydrates: 12g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 6g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.2g | Sodium: 37mg | Potassium: 55mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 6g | Vitamin A: 15IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 23mg | Iron: 1mg
Made these this weekend and they are delicious! The instructions were a bit confusing because the crust layer doesn’t list cinnamon or salt in the ingredients but the directions say to add it to the crust layer. I put 1 tsp cinnamon and a pinch of salt and it turned out ok. Will be making these again for sure!
Yay Nicole! Thank you so much for letting me know, I’m so glad!! I just fixed the ingredients, I always just add a dash and a pinch or a drop haha. Hope you make these again! 🙂