Food Hero – Oregon State University
Prep time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 45 minutes
Makes: 12 bars
Ingredients
1⁄2 cup
all-purpose flour
1⁄2 cup
whole wheat flour
1⁄4 teaspoon
salt
1⁄2 teaspoon
baking soda
1⁄2 cup
brown sugar
1 cup
old fashioned rolled oats
1⁄2 teaspoon
cinnamon
1⁄2 teaspoon
nutmeg
1 pinch
ground cloves (optional)
1⁄2 cup
butter or margarine
3 cups
apples, peeled, cored and sliced (about 2 medium apples [3” diameter])
2⁄3 cup
raisins
1⁄4 cup
sugar
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease a 9″x13″ baking pan.
- Mix flour, salt and baking soda together in a large bowl. Add brown sugar, oats, cinnamon, nutmeg and ground cloves.
- Cut in butter or margarine with a pastry blender or 2 knives until mixture is crumbly.
- Spread half of the crumb mixture in the baking pan. Top with apple slices and raisins and sprinkle with sugar. Spread remaining crumb mixture evenly over apples.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 40-50 minutes. Cool and cut into 12 bars.
Notes
- Substitute ripe pears for apples
- Serve warm topped with vanilla yogurt
http://foodhero.org/recipes/apple-bars
