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Apple Strudel Bars - Recipe

Yummy bars that hold their shape and are easy to serve--without lots of clean up.
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Apple Strudel Bars Recipe
Directions
  • Preheat oven to 375°F.
  • Lightly spray jelly roll pan with a vegetable spray or oil. Cream butter (margarine), cream cheese and brown sugar together in a medium sized bowl. Beat in egg and almond extract (or vanilla). Stir in flour and salt until blended.
  • With your fingers, press dough into the bottom of the pan in an even layer.
  • To make the filling, blend flour, sugar, and spices in a small bowl and toss in peeled, sliced apples. Put the apple mixture on top of the crust.
  • For the topping, stir the flour, brown sugar, and spices in a small bowl. Cut in the butter (margarine) until the mixture forms coarse crumbs. Sprinkle the crumbs over the sliced apples.
  • Place the pan in the preheated oven and bake for about 40 minutes or until the apples are tender and the topping has browned. Cool in the pan .
  • These can be made a day ahead, covered well, and stored in a cool place. Cut just before serving to the size that best fits the crowd. Great served with some ice cream.
 
 
Prep Time: 45 minutes
Cook Time: 45 minutes
Container: Jelly roll pan (10 X 15")
Servings: 24
Serving Size: 1 piece
Ingredients
-2/3 cup butter (margarine) ( 1 1/3 sticks)
-3 ounces cream cheese, softened
-1/4 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
-1 egg, large
-1 teaspoon almond extract
-2 cups flour, all-purose
-1/4 teaspoon salt
-1/3 cup granulated sugar
-2 tablespoons flour, all-purpose
-1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
-1/4 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
-8 cups tart baking apples, thinly sliced
-1 cup flour, all-purpose
-3/4 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
-1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
-1/4 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
-1/2 cup cold butter (margarine) (1 stick)