Apple Pie Bars

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 35
• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 cup vegetable shortening (not oil)
• 2 eggs
• 2/3 cup milk (up to 2/3 cup)
• 1 1/2 cups crushed corn flakes
• 12 -14 apples (peeled, cored, and sliced)
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 2 teaspoons lemon juice

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 2 crust:.
• 3 in a large bowl, combine flour, sugar, salt, and baking soda.
• 4 cut-in 1 cup vegetable shortening.
• 5 separate the eggs.
• 6 place egg yolks in a one cup measuring cup and add milk to the egg yolks until milk and egg yolks equal 2/3 cups.
• 7 blend the egg mixture into flour mixture until it reaches a dough consistency.
• 8 divide the dough in half.
• 9 roll out 1/2 of the dough to fit the bottom of the jelly roll pan. the crust will be very thin.
• 10 filling:.
• 11 cover crust with crushed corn flakes.
• 12 cover corn flakes with prepared apple slices.
• 13 in separate bowl, combine sugar and cinnamon.
• 14 sprinkle evenly over apple slices.
• 15 roll out the remaining dough and cover the apple mixture with it.
• 16 the dough will be very thin.
• 17 beat remaining egg whites until they appear semi-stiff.
• 18 brush them onto the crust.
• 19 bake for 35 to 40 minutes.
• 20 remove from oven.
• 21 glaze:.
• 22 in a small bowl, combine powdered sugar and lemon juice for glaze.
• 23 blend until smooth.
• 24 adjust consistency (add lemon juice if too dry; add powdered sugar if too runny).
• 25 drizzle glaze over the top of the warm bars.
• 26 bars can be served warm or cold, and they freeze well, too.