Better-than-apple pie bars from Snackable Bakes: 100 Easy-Peasy Recipes for Exceptionally Scrumptious Sweets and Treats (page 32) by Jessie Sheehan

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  • thefritschkitchen on June 16, 2025

    I wanted this to be better than it was! The bottom crust was very thick and tough, which made it difficult to eat. The flavor was very good, but it really just left me wanting apple pie with a crumble topping (which is how I normally make it) and, honestly, both are about the same amount of work. If I made this again (but I probably won't), I would do less crust on the bottom, and have more crumble on top. I decreased the sugar in the crumb to 100 g, based on other comments, and that was a good amount of sweetness. Using a food processor may have resulted in a less tough crust too, instead of doing it by hand. But - again - if I am breaking out the food processor - I might as well make pie dough! Long story short: This was a yummy dessert, but I would just rather have apple pie

  • Pandan on May 03, 2024

    Really nice, I used sour German Boskop cooking apples. I reduced the sugar in the dough to 100g, but still thought the filling was overly sweet. Will defined reduce that too the next time.

  • cookbookdestinations on January 23, 2024

    Very Good; still on the hunt for my perfect apple crumb bar. I reduced the sugar in both the crumb and fruit and still thought it was sweet. I used the recommend mixture of Honeycrisp and Pink Lady Apples. I would repeat the recipe but will continue to reduce the sugar to my personal taste.

  • fultre on January 08, 2024

    Another winner from this book, and better than apple pie because they are so simple to make. The most difficult part of recipe was cutting neat squares due to how soft filling is compared to the firm streusel. Or perhaps not eating the whole pan in one evening.

  • averythingcooks on December 10, 2023

    These came together easily using 4 fairly large apples (2 Granny Smith & 2 MacIntosh). I appreciate the specific instructions re: exactly how much crumb mixture to keep for the top (I'm notoriously bad at "reserving 1/3" etc) but I also thought the crumb mixture was a bit sweet. These bars were served to guests with vanilla ice cream to rave reviews. Now it's time to decide whose are best - these or Barefoot Contessa's?

  • anya_sf on March 02, 2023

    Really delicious! Not overly sweet made with Granny Smith apples, which was OK with me because then I could top mine with vanilla ice cream.

  • Zosia on January 31, 2023

    Delicious, though could use a little less sugar in the crumb mixture. I used 5 pink lady apples, ~780g.

  • hbakke on November 24, 2022

    Fantastic apple bars. We loved the crumble topping. I don't particularly like apple pie because the filling is always too watery, so the recipe title held true for me.

  • Astrid5555 on November 10, 2022

    So good and so much less work than a pie. Got rave reviews from my coworkers!

  • Kag2020 on November 09, 2022

    Delicious. I used two Honeycrisp apples and two Bartlett pears, baked in a nine inch square pan and forgot to lower the temperature during the second part of baking. The only changes I may make the next time would be to remember to lower the temperature and perhaps putting a little less of the dough on the bottom or maybe adding some flour to the balance of dough that becomes the crumb. Favorite tweak so far — One very large Honeycrisp, one very large gala, one perfectly ripe pear. Divided the dough as written, didn’t add the extra flour to the crumb, didn’t lower the oven temperature until the last 10 minutes or so, used apple cider vinegar in place of lemon, and added allspice to the filling. Also, used vanilla sugar for the entire thing. Really good.

  • snoozermoose on November 07, 2022

    These were very tasty (indeed better than apple pie) and well-received at work. Lots of co-workers had seconds!

  • jimandtammyfaye on October 08, 2022

    Easy and delicious. Used Mutsu apples.

  • stef on October 08, 2022

    Loved it. The bottom crust is smooth, apples in between,top crust is same as bottom but you apply it squshing the dough in little lumps and it comes out nice and crunchy. Reduced sugar by !0%. Used some apples hanging around in fridge.

  • kari500 on September 19, 2022

    Delicious and very easy.

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