Name: Dutch Caramel Apple Pie Bars Recipe
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 45 min
Yield: 24
Ingredients: For Crust Ingredients:; 1½ cups all purpose flour; ¾ tsp salt; ½ cup unsalted butter; 1 large egg; 2 tbsp cold water; For Apple Filling Ingredients:; 2 tbsp all purpose flour; ¾ cup sugar; ⅛ tsp nutmeg; ½ tsp Cinnamon; ¼ tsp salt; 6 cups apples; 2 tsp vanilla extract; ½ cup heavy cream; For Crumb Topping Ingredients:; 1½ cups all purpose flour; ¾ cup sugar; ¼ tsp salt; 1 tsp Cinnamon; ½ cup unsalted butter; 1 tsp vanilla extract; For Caramel Topping:; 1 cup brown sugar; 4 tbsp butter; ½ cup half and half; 1 tbsp vanilla; pinch salt

How To Make Dutch Caramel Apple Pie Bars

A flaky crust with a spiced filling, these apple pie bars are comforting as they are luscious, especially with that drizzling of rich caramel sauce on top.

Preparation: 30 minutes

Cooking: 45 minutes

Total: 1 hour 15 minutes

Serves:

Ingredients

For Crust Ingredients:

1½cupsall purpose flour
¾tspsalt
½cupunsalted butter
1largeegg,beaten
2tbspcold water

For Apple Filling Ingredients:

2tbspall purpose flour,unbleached
¾cupsugar
⅛tspnutmeg
½tspcinnamon
¼tspsalt
6cupsapples,peeled, cored, and diced
2tspvanilla extract
½cupheavy cream

For Crumb Topping Ingredients:

1½cupsall purpose flour,unbleached
¾cupsugar
¼tspsalt
1tspcinnamon
½cupunsalted butter,melted
1tspvanilla extract

For Caramel Topping:

1cupbrown sugar
4tbspbutter
½cuphalf and half
1tbspvanilla
pinchsalt

Instructions

Preheat oven to 425 degrees F and lightly grease a 13×9-inch pan.
In a medium sized mixing bowl, whisk together the flour and salt; using a pastry blender, cut in the butter. Drizzle the beaten egg over the mixture and toss lightly to combine.
Add the cold water 1 tablespoons at a time, stirring gently until the dough starts to clump together. Roll the dough into a generous rectangle to fit your pan. .
Place the dough in the pan and prick it all over with a fork; bake it for 10 to 12 minutes, until it is set and barely starting to harden

Filling:

Whisk the flour, sugar, spices, and salt together. Add in the apples, tossing to coat. Stir in the vanilla, then the cream, spread the filling over the crust.

Topping:

In a mixing bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, salt, and cinnamon.
In another bowl, combine the melted butter and extracts; pout over the flour mixture.
Stir until the butter is absorbed and the mixture forms fairly even crumbs and sprinkle over the filling.
Bake for 15 minutes; decrease temperature to 350 degrees F; bake for 30 to 35 minutes, or until the topping is brown and the filling is bubbly.
Remove from oven and cool on a rack; let them cool to lukewarm before cutting.

Caramel:

Mix all ingredients in a medium saucepan over medium-low to medium heat. Cook while whisking gently for 5 to 7 minutes, until thicker. Turn off heat. Serve warm or refrigerate until cold. Drizzle on top of apple slab pie.