Apple Crumb Bars ~Secret recipe club challenge 20th January 2014

This is my assignment with the Secret Recipe Club.The aim of the club is that you are allocated a blog from which you have to select a recipe and try it and blog about it. My assigned blog was Mele Cotte.This blog is written By Chris who is from an Italian background.Browsing through her blog there were many recipes that caught my eye but one that I immediately want to try was her Apple Crumb Bars.Being the christmas holidays I always have an invite  or two to someones house, a baked goodie makes a perfect edible pressie.
I did not make any major changes to the recipe but I halved it and reduced the amount of sugar slightly. I also tossed some flaked almonds on the crumb topping for extra crunch .The apple crumb bars turned out delicious. My only challenge was that living in the UK working out what a stick of butter weighed took some googling. :)
You can find the original Apple crumb bar recipe here.

Crisp baked oats and apple bars with a delicious cinnamon crumb topping.

Ingredients:

Bottom layer

½ cup rolled oats
¾ cup all-purpose flour
¼ cup packed brown sugar
½ teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon salt
120 g butter
1 tablespoon egg replacer mixed with three tablespoons water

Middle layer-apple layer

2 Granny Smith apples, peeled, cored, and sliced thinly
½ cup granulated sugar
¾ teaspoon ground cinnamon

Top layer-crumb topping

½ cup all-purpose flour
½ cup rolled oats
½ cup sugar
60 g/ 2 oz butter chilled

30 g / 1 oz flaked almonds

Method:

1. Heat oven to 175°C/ 350° F.

2. Lightly line & grease a shallow baking tin

3. To prepare crumb topping take a medium bowl and add to it the flour and rub in the chilled butter to form a bread crumb type mixture, stir in the oats and sugar and set aside.

4. To prepare the apple layer, add the apples slices to a bowl add to it the sugar and cinnamon and toss together. Keep aside

 5. To prepare the bottom layer take a medium bowl and add to it the flour, salt, baking powder and chilled butter and rub gently to form a crumb type texture.

6. Stir in the oats and sugar and add the egg replacer and mix together.

7. Spread this mixture into the greased and lined baking tray and smooth it out.

8. Arrange the apples in cinnamon sugar over this layer.

9. Sprinkle the crumb mixture over the apples and smooth it out so that it forms an even layer.

10. Bake the apple crumb bars in the preheated oven for 25 minutes.

11. After 25 minutes of cooking sprinkle some almond flakes on the crumb bars and return to the oven for another 10 minutes or until the crumb mixture is golden brown and apple are cooked.

Remove from oven and leave to cool completely before cutting into bars.

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