Apple Pie Bars

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I have made this many times in the last few months and everyone loves it. Making again for Easter brunch. Thanks for sharing a great recipe !!

posted by

NANAMOMKAT

on 3/30/2013

time

prep:

35 min

total:

1 hr 30 min

servings

total:

16 servings

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What You Need

pkg. (8 oz.) PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, softened

cup butter, softened

3-1/4

cups flour, divided

Granny Smith apples, peeled, sliced (about 9 cups)

1-1/4

cups granulated sugar

tsp. ground cinnamon

3/4

cup powdered sugar

Tbsp. water

Make It

HEAT oven to 400ºF.

BEAT cream cheese and butter in large bowl with mixer until well blended. Gradually add 3 cups flour, mixing on low speed after each addition just until blended. Shape into 2 balls. Place 1 ball on large lightly floured sheet of waxed paper; flatten slightly. Cover with second floured sheet of waxed paper. Roll out dough to 15-1/2x10-1/2-inch rectangle. Discard top sheet of waxed paper.

SPRAY 15x10x1-inch pan with cooking spray; invert over rolled-out dough. Flip dough and pan together. (Pan will be on bottom.) Remove second waxed paper sheet; gently press dough onto bottom and up side of pan. Toss apples with remaining flour, granulated sugar and cinnamon; spread onto bottom of crust.

REPEAT rolling out of remaining dough ball to make second rectangle. Remove top sheet of waxed paper; carefully flip dough over apples. Discard waxed paper. Tuck edges of dough down sides of pan to enclose apples. Make several slits in top crust to vent.

BAKE 35 to 40 min. or until golden brown.

COOL dessert 15 min. Meanwhile, mix powdered sugar and water. Drizzle glaze over dessert. Cool 30 min. before cutting into bars.

Kraft Kitchens Tips

Size-Wise

You'll know it's a special occasion when you get to enjoy a serving of these delicious bars.

How to Make for 8 Servings

Prepare recipe as directed, cutting all ingredients in half, assembling dessert in 9-inch square pan and reducing the baking time to 30 to 35 min. or until golden brown. Makes 8 servings.

Note

The dough is rolled between the sheets of waxed paper both to help prevent the dough from sticking to the work surface and to make it easier to transfer the rolled-out dough to the baking pan.

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a cook

posted:9/23/2012

Super simple and BEST tasting crust ever! The dough was little tricky rolling out! I added vanilla to the icing too for an additional warm fall flavor!

the4powells

posted:9/23/2012

Delicious!

a cook

posted:9/17/2012

As others have said, the crust was a little tricky to work with. I probably should've set my butter and cream cheese out to soften a little more so they blended better. Instead of the teaspoon of cinnamon, I used 1/2 cinnamon and 1/2 pumpkin pie spice. I thought it gave it a nice depth of flavor. Brought it to a friend's house and got rave reviews. All the guys had seconds. lol

a cook

posted:9/14/2012

very good and easy to prepare.

CJandCo

posted:9/12/2012

Crust is one that I will use over and over again for other items. Fabulous recipe.

a cook

posted:9/11/2012

10 Apples ??? I used 8 large Granny Smith apples and it was too much. Make sure you slice the apples very thin - mine were still very firm after baking. I had no problem with the dough - I rolled it out between two sheets of parchment paper and it worked well. I will cut back on the sugar next time.

2snobby

posted:9/7/2012

slap your mama !! it was great... i even forgot the icing and it was still great ... but yes the icing made it even better :) dont want to share with anyone ..HEEHEE the only thing i did different was i mashed out both dough by hand i found it to be simple

a cook

posted:9/7/2012

I made this for my co-workers! They absolutely loved it.

Luckygramma

posted:9/3/2012

I made this for a bbq, and received nothing but raves about it. I had no problem with the crust, but I had left the cream cheese on the counter for a while before I used it. I adapted it somewhat, I used Becel instead of butter, and as a diabetic I used splenda instead of sugar. No icing on top, but it was delicious. Will definately make this again...and again..

cinwood60

posted:8/31/2012

I thought the ingredients were simple but the crust was very hard to work with...I would not change the crust as I feel it really made the bars. I sliced the apples very thin and did not layer them very thick and that helped the done-ness. Overall everyone raved about them and I passed the recipe around...