Recipe

Apple Strudel Bars Recipe

	Pippy / All my dishes 1 month, 2 weeks ago These look lovely and the flavor is out of this world. Prep:45m Cook:45m Servings:24	Pippy
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Ingredients

CRUST DOUGH:

10 x 15" jelly roll pan

2/3 cup butter / margarine or 1-1/3 sticks

3 ounces cream cheese, softened

1/4 cup brown sugar, firmly packed

1 large egg

1 teaspoon almond extract

2 cups all-purpose flour

1/4 teaspoon salt

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FILLING:

1/3 cup granulated sugar

2 tablespoons flour, all-purpose

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1/4 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg

8 cups tart baking apples, thinly sliced

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TOPPING:

1 cup flour, all-purpose

3/4 cup brown sugar, firmly packed

1 tablespoon ground cinnamon

1/4 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg

1/2 cup cold butter (margarine) (1 stick

Directions

Preheat oven to 375°F.

Lightly spray jelly roll pan with a vegetable spray or oil. Cream butter or margarine, cream cheese and brown sugar together in a medium sized bowl. Beat in egg and almond extract (or vanilla). Stir in flour and salt until blended.

With your fingers, press dough evenly into the bottom of the pan.

FILLING:

Blend flour, sugar, and spices in a small bowl and toss in peeled, sliced apples. Put apple mixture on top of the crust.

TOPPING:

Stir the flour, brown sugar, and spices in a small bowl. Cut in the butter (margarine) until the mixture forms coarse crumbs. Sprinkle the crumbs over the sliced apples.

Place the pan in the preheated oven and bake for about 40 minutes or until the apples are tender and the topping has browned. Cool in the pan .

These can be made a day ahead, covered well, and stored in a cool place.

Cut just before serving to the size that best suites your guests.

Delicious served with ice cream or whipped cream.

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