One of the reasons I love Apple Crumble Bars is because they are loaded to the gills with crumbs. Most of the cakes you’ll find on my blog have a crumb topping, yes… buttery slightly crispy little crumbs are my weakness. Apple Crumble Bars are crumbs from top to bottom. The bottom layer is crumbs, the apples are coated with crumbs and the topping is crumbs. I was in pig heaven when these came out of the oven! Let’s get started making these bad boys.
Combine the flour, white sugar, brown sugar and salt in a large bowl. Stir to combine.
Cut the room temperature butter into the flour mixture until you have coarse crumbs. I started cutting the butter into the flour with a pastry blender and finished cutting it in with my fingers. Rubbing the mixture between my fingers and thumbs until I had coarse crumbs.
Remove 1 cup of crumbs from the large bowl of crumbs, place the one cup of crumbs in another large bowl,add the cinnamon to it, stir to incorporate. Set it aside. You’ll be using it to coat the apples.
Grease a 13×9 inch baking pan. Place half the large batch of crumbs (about 4 cups) into the baking pan. Press onto the bottom of the baking pan to make a solid layer. Bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes.
While the bottom layer is baking, peel, core and cube the apples, sprinkle with 2 teaspoons lemon juice. Place in the bowl with the reserved 1 cup of crumbs, toss to coat.
Take the baking pan from the oven, place the apples on top of the baked bottom layer.
Sprinkle with the remaining 4 cups of crumbs. Bake uncovered for 45 minutes or until the crumble topping is golden brown and apples are tender.
Apples and crumbs, I mean seriously. This makes me CRAZY!! You can cut these delicious Apple Crumble Bars and eat them as is OR….
Crumble the bars and top them with ice cream, excuse me while I go eat my bowl of Apple Crumble Bars with ice cream, Enjoy!
1. Combine the flour, white sugar, brown sugar and salt in a large bowl. Stir to combine.
3. Remove 1 cup of crumbs from the large bowl of crumbs, place the one cup of crumbs in another large bowl,add the cinnamon to it, stir to incorporate. Set aside.
4. Grease a 13x9 inch baking pan. Place half the large batch of crumbs (about 4 cups) into the baking pan. Press onto the bottom of the baking pan to make a solid layer. Bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes.
5. While the bottom layer is baking, peel, core and cube the apples, sprinkle with 2 teaspoons lemon juice. Place in the bowl with the reserved 1 cup of crumbs, toss to coat.
6. Take the baking pan from the oven, place the apples on top of the baked bottom layer. Sprinkle with the remaining 4 cups of crumbs. Bake uncovered for 45 minutes or until the crumble topping is golden brown and apples are tender.
The recipe sounds delicious. For some reason I’m not able to see the pictures.
Bunny those look soooooo good! My Todd would love these as apple anything is one of his favourite things to eat. I guess I am going to have to go out and buy me some apples!
Wow, I was browsing the foodie blog roll tonight and came across your fantastic blog! This recipe looks delicous! We eat alot of apples and I love finding new ways to use them!
Crumb topping is the best! Your topping is nice and thick too… wish I could’ve taken a bite of that.
Thanks so much for checking out my blog! Your apple crumb bars looks so tasty!
Oh my gosh. How good do these look? I’m a sucker for apple crumble stuff, too. Yum!
Oh wow this looks good and I’m really hungry so that’s not fair!