All the flavors of your favorite apple pie and the delicious Dutch-style crumb topping make these bar cookies exceptionally yummy! Easy to make as well – Dutch Apple Pie Bars!

Apple Pie….who can resist this delicious fall favorite? I surely can’t!

I definitely crave this delicious dessert, especially in Autumn but sometimes I don’t feel like going through the trouble of making a pastry dough from scratch or even using a store-bought one. Thankfully, these delicious apple pie bars come to the rescue!

I love the combination of cinnamon and nutmeg so I used both to flavor the apples. Also, I love its buttery crumbly Dutch-style topping as it’s so easy to make as well.

Yup, it’s even easier than rolling pie dough! 🙂 How convenient is that?

My little boy and hubby feasted on these scrumptious bars so I am glad I made 2 batches as I knew one just wouldn’t be enough.

I am grateful for this recipe which I found on our church cookbook from Holland, Michigan (definitely Dutch country!) and from now on this is how we will enjoy the fresh apples this fall season and beyond.

Doesn’t that look good? It comes out moist and full of juicy apple deliciousness for sure! I hope you like it, too!

All that crumbly deliciousness!!! Enjoy these yummy apple pie bars, fall season, or not!

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Dutch Apple Pie Bars

Name: Dutch Apple Pie Bars
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 45 min
Ingredients: 1 cup flour; ⅔ cup sugar, (divided); ½ cup (8 tablespoons) butter; 2 tbsp flour; ½ tsp ground cinnamon; ½ tsp ground nutmeg; 3 tart apples (like Granny Smith), (peeled and thinly sliced ); ⅔ cup flour; ⅓ cup sugar; ¼ cup butter, (room temperature)

By: Manila Spoon

October 21, 2015

All the flavors of your favorite apple pie and the delicious Dutch-style crumb topping make these bar cookies exceptionally yummy! Easy to make as well!

FOR FULL RECIPE & INSTRUCTIONS and to PRINT, SEE RECIPE CARD BELOW.

NOTES ON INGREDIENTS FOR DUTCH APPLE PIE BARS

Flour – use all-purpose or plain flour
Sugar – white sugar would produce paler bars so if you wish to give it a deeper color use brown sugar or do half and half
Butter – use salted butter for some flavor contrast.
Ground Cinnamon
Ground Nutmeg
Apples – use tart apples like Granny Smith because it works better than the sweet variety.

For the Crumb Topping

Flour
Sugar
Butter

HOW TO MAKE DUTCH APPLE PIE BARS

Butter a 9×9 square baking dish. Preheat the oven to 350 F. Mix the 1 cup flour and 1/3 cup sugar; cut in butter until crumbly with the use of 2 knives or a pastry blender. Press into the prepared pan. Bake for 15 minutes.
In a bowl, mix 1/3 cup sugar, 2 tablespoons flour, and cinnamon and nutmeg. Stir in the apples to coat. Spoon over the baked layer.
Mix the crumb toppings until crumbly. Sprinkle over the apples. Bake for about 30 minutes or until the top is lightly browned and the apples are soft. Cool completely and cut into bars. Enjoy!

Yield: 16 Bars
Prep Time: 15 Minutes
Cooking Time: 45-55 Minutes
Total Time: 1 Hour and 10-15 Minutes

This recipe was adapted from Cooking with Friends Cookbook by the ladies of the Harbor Church, Holland, MI.

4.8 from 10 votes