How To Make Maple Apple Bars with Maple Cream Cheese Glaze
Make everyone say wow with these healthy and generously-spiced maple apple bars glazed with a heavenly and silky maple cream cheese! It’s easy to make, too!
Preparation: 30 minutes
Cooking: 35 minutes
Total: 1 hour 5 minutes
Serves:
Ingredients
For Maple Cream Cheese Glaze:
Instructions
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- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. In a mixing bowl whisk together the flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Set aside.
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- In a large bowl, using an electric mixer, stir together the granulated sugar, light-brown sugar, eggs, vegetable oil, applesauce, vanilla extract, and maple flavor on low speed for 2 minutes. Stir in dry ingredients and mix just until incorporated.
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- Stir in the grated apples. Pour mixture into a buttered 15×10-inch jellyroll pan. Bake for 22 to 25 minutes until golden brown, and toothpick inserted into center comes out clean.
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- Allow to cool to lukewarm, then frost with Maple Cream Cheese Glaze. Sprinkle with optional nuts. Cut into bars.
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- Store in an airtight container.
To Make Maple Cream Cheese Glaze:
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- In a mixing bowl, using an electric mixer, whip together the cream cheese, butter, maple flavor, and salt until smooth. Stir in the powdered sugar and milk, and mix until well-blended and smooth.
Nutrition
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- Calories: 256.52kcal
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- Fat: 10.91g
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- Saturated Fat: 2.36g
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- Trans Fat: 0.09g
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- Monounsaturated Fat: 6.01g
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- Polyunsaturated Fat: 1.80g
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- Carbohydrates: 37.85g
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- Fiber: 0.97g
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- Sugar: 27.34g
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- Protein: 2.82g
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- Cholesterol: 35.78mg
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- Sodium: 157.65mg
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- Calcium: 21.20mg
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- Potassium: 67.06mg
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- Iron: 0.88mg
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- Vitamin A: 38.23µg
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- Vitamin C: 1.33mg
Whip up a batch of these delightful Maple Apple Bars with Maple Cream Cheese Glaze and share your experience in the Baking and Desserts forum section.
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