Reviewed: Jan. 6, 2012

Simply awesome! Best apple dessert of the season. I made the recipe as directed but portioned it into two pans to create thinner bars, then drizzled with glaze. Amazing!

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Mary F

Reviewed: Dec. 19, 2011

I love apple pie so I thought I'd give this recipe a try. It wasnt bad, but I was disappointed. For all the work I put into this, I could have just baked an apple pie, and my applie pie recipe definately tastes a lot better than these pastries.

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jleigh1683

Reviewed: Nov. 22, 2011

I've always have great success with this recipe. The crust is especially something special (if you use butter instead of shortening). It makes a perfect amount for a traditional double pie crust with embellishments. To make prep a snap I put the flour and salt in my 11-cup food processor. I cut the butter into tablespoons then toss all of it into the processor bowl and turn it on until it resembles wet beach sand. Then I put it in a bowl and add the milk/yolk mixture and kneed it together with my hands. After chilling it rolls like a dream. I've used it for all my pies for years. Thanks Nancy for sharing.

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Elaine Kilby

Reviewed: Oct. 3, 2011

This is a really simple and delicious dish! My kids loved it and I will make it again. I made it just has directed. Only thing I would say in the instructions is to place it in the pan like a pie crust with the bottom crust going up the sides. I just laid it on the bottom and then realized I had to seal it to the top crust. I had to dig for my edges. It was still fantastic! Thanks Nancy!

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CRFENLON

Cooking Level: Expert

Living In: Frankfort, Illinois, USA

Reviewed: May 31, 2011

This was so good! We served it with vanilla ice cream, yummy recipe!

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Janet Shum

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Corbett, Oregon, USA

Living In: Salem, Oregon, USA

Reviewed: Feb. 16, 2011

I lined my pan with foil to make it easier to remove, I used Granny Smith apples, added 1 tbsp flour and doubled the cinnamon, these were a big hit! I have started using my food processor to make the dough and it makes it so easy.

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the4taals

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

Living In: Burlington, Ontario, Canada

Reviewed: Dec. 10, 2010

My apple bars turned out fabulious! I didn't have any granny smith apples, and just used a mix of apples that I had in my refrigerater. I was very impressed. The only think I added was a powder sugar glaze on top.

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Hillary

Reviewed: Sep. 26, 2010

If I could give this more than 5 stars I would! The crust on this is fabulous, melt in your mouth type. I used butter in the crust and more apples than stated because they cook down so much. When mixing the apples with the sugar I also added some flour for thickening. Great recipe!!!

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Joyce

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Reviewed: Jun. 6, 2010

Yummy! I added some flour to the apple filling and more spices then it called for, and made the dough by adding milk a little at a time untill it was the right amount of moisture instead of just dumping it all in, but other then that, went as the recipe said and it came out wonderfully. I didn't add any glaze to the top, but did brush the top with some of the liquid from the apples before the end of baking and sprinkled with suger.

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Kat D ~ Dreamkat29

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA

Living In: Fort Riley, Kansas, USA

Reviewed: Jun. 6, 2010

I have never rated a recipe with 1 star before, but I don't think this one deserves more than that. First, the dough was a gloppy mess after adding the egg/milk mixture, so I had to add more and more flour to even get it to roll-out consistency. Second, this calls for 10 apples - WAY too many for a 9x13 pan and the little amount of sugar it calls for. I would say it only needs half the amount of apples (I used Braeburn). Which brings me to the sugar - too little for all the fruit. AND this definitely needs some cornstarch or something in the filling to thicken it up. I was horrified that after baking time I pulled it out of the oven to see that there was boiling apple juice around the sides as that makes a soggy bottom crust. So I had to hold the pan over the sink and tilt it to run all the liquid out and at least a cup of it came out. THEN I was trying to cut and remove the bars (I made them as part of an order from my home baking business for a graduation party today) and it was a nightmare - the crust was slipping off the apples, all the apples were falling out of the center and not staying together, etc. If I had time to make something else and chuck this entire batch I would. It's basically like an apple pie, except the crust is tasteless and the filling not very desireable either. Sorry, will not make again or recommend to others.

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