Easy Apple Pie Bars Recipe
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Posted: 09/19/18
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Easy Apple Pie Bars Recipe ~ Quick and Easy Bars Stuffed with Apple Pie Filling in between a Soft and Delicious Cinnamon Crust then Drizzled with Cinnamon Icing! Canned Apple Pie Filling Recipe and a Perfect Fall Treat!
Apple Pie Bars
Mmmm apples! Yay for fall and “appling all the things”! Soon will be pumpkin and I plan on “pumpkining all the things”! When I was growing up we had apple trees and apparently I brought apples to my teachers according to my Dad? I don’t recall this, but I guess I was quite the suck up it seems! Now, what would have been really impressive, is if I would have brought these yummy easy Apple Pie Bars to them!
What fall activities do you love? We went to an apple orchard a few weekends ago and had a blast. They had a tons of kids activities and a bakery. Of course, you knew where to find Mom! I love baking with apples but I also love eating fresh, crisp apples straight off the tree.
My coworker brought me a few the other week and they were delicious. I also made sure to pick up a bunch at the orchard. I tried a new variety, SweeTango, and they were AMAZING. Like give me them all. I may have hid them from my family because they were that awesome. Perfectly sweet, crisp and tart!
Apple Pie Bars Recipe
Speaking of fall activities, we picked our pumpkins today from the garden. I imagined this cute, fun, family activities where the girls were excited to pick them and we had a blast. Well, all the happened BUT we had an intruder on our fun. A snake. Seriously. If any of you know me, you also know this is my biggest fear, well one of them. Yes, I live in Minnesota and they are harmless, except to my blood pressure, but they are so creepy!
All of a sudden the hubs calmly says, “Oh there’s a snake.”
Uhhhh no. No. No. There is nothing calm about this situation! I went flying up to the house, well as fast as this pregnant lady can fly! The girls stand there calmly and watch my hubs take care of the critter. Apparently Mom is the only scared one in this family!
Then later the hubs makes the statement to my brother, “Oh, ya I saw three of them today.” WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT?????????? He was not going to share this with me. He knew better. If you need my I’ll be in my house the rest of fall.
Grocery List for Canned Apple Pie Filling Recipe
- butter
- sugar
- eggs
- vanilla extract
- cinnamon
- flour
- salt
- apple pie filling
- powdered sugar
- almond extract
- milk
Canned Apple Pie Filling Recipe
While in the house I’ll just bake treats like these fabulous Easy Apple Pie Bars! They are so delicious and easy! They start with a cinnamon spiced crust, apple filling and are topped with an cinnamon glaze. This is the easiest recipe and anytime you can use a shortcut like canned apple pie filling – big plus!
All the flavor… none of the work, yay!
Steps to make Apple Pie Bars Recipe
- Preheat the oven.
- Cream butter and sugar together.
- Add eggs, one at a time. Mix in vanilla extract. Add cinnamon, flour and salt. Mix until well combined.
- Spread 3 cups of the batter in a greased jelly roll pan.
- Spread apple pie filling on top of dough.
- Drop remaining dough by tablespoonfuls on top of apple pie topping.
- Baked at 50-60 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.
- Combine glaze ingredients and drizzle over bars.
You can keep these out on the counter but I find they keep better in the fridge due to the glaze!
More tasty apple bar goodness, right here!
Love this easy Appel Pie Bars Recipe too? I knew you would! Be sure to tag me on Instagram at @julieseatsandtreats or #julieseatsandtreats! I’d love to hear from you! Also if you would, comment below and leave me a five star rating and tell me what is your favorite part of fall (besides the snakes that is….!!!)
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Easy Apple Pie Bars Recipe
Canned Apple Pie Filling Recipe - Quick and Easy Bars Stuffed with Canned Apple Pie Filling Recipe in between a Soft and Delicious Cinnamon Crust then Drizzled with Cinnamon Icing! Perfect Fall Treat!
Bars
Ingredients
- 1 c. butter softened
- 2 c. sugar
- 4 eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 Tbsp cinnamon
- 3 c. flour
- 1 tsp salt
- 2 cans 21 ounce apple pie filling
Glaze
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1 c. powdered sugar
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/2 tsp almond extract
- 2 Tbsp milk
Instructions
- Cream butter and sugar together. Add eggs, beating after each addition. Mix in vanilla extract. Add cinnamon, flour and salt. Mix until well combined.
- Spread 3 cups of the batter in a greased jelly roll pan. Spread pie filling on top of dough. Drop remaining dough by tablespoonfuls on top of apple pie topping.
- Baked at 350 degrees for 50-60 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean. Cool.
- Combine glaze ingredients and drizzle over bars. If serving the next day wait and do this before serving or the bars will be a bit soggy! I store in the refrigerated to keep them firm but you wouldn't need too.
Nutrition Information
Serving: 1, Calories: 367kcal (18%), Carbohydrates: 63g (21%), Protein: 4g (8%), Fat: 10g (15%), Saturated Fat: 6g (38%), Cholesterol: 58mg (19%), Sodium: 215mg (9%), Potassium: 54mg (2%), Fiber: 1g (4%), Sugar: 35g (39%), Vitamin A: 345IU (7%), Calcium: 20mg (2%), Iron: 1.9mg (11%)
Jan says
can you freeze the apple bars
Julie Evink says
Yes you can, just make sure to cool completely and then wrap in plastic wrap or tinfoil to prevent freezer burn.
Darlene says
I made these & they are yummy! It’s just me & my husband and he loves sweets. I didn’t want to make a jelly roll pan, so i halved the recipe & used a 9×13 pan. They turned out perfect. Just out of the oven & cooled to put drizzle on! Enjoying them!
Michelle Sperr says
Great idea! Sounds delicious Darlene!
Pat says
Can you use regular apples in place of canned filling?
Julie Evink says
You’d need to make an apple pie filling from scratch to replace the canned filling.
MH says
This is NOT easy. I am halfway through trying to spread this monstrosity into a jelly roll pan and it is far from spreadable. I hope it tastes good.
Michelle Sperr says
Sorry that it was difficult to spread this into your jelly roll pan. I haven’t had that experience. Were you using a nonstick spatula to help press it into the pan? Hope they turned out delicious and made all that hard work worth it!
Pete Mathis says
What size jelly roll pan?
Julie says
15 ½ by 10 ½ inches
emma williams says
I made a similar recipe using cooked pears {had soooooooooooooooo many pears} and it turned out great…The seasoning were as apple pie seasonings . Of course you can add or delete any seasonings you don’t care for…HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL!
Julie says
Glad you enjoyed it and were able to use up some pears!
Kathy says
No wonder all your recipes are so comforting and delicious…..they all meet Minnesotan’s taste buds!
Also afraid of snakes! Errrrr?
Julie says
Thanks Kathy!
Brandon says
I made this just because I had some extra apples. Hands down the best pastry I have eaten in my entire life. Multiple people said that as well. So good, I’m keeping this recipe for life.
Julie says
Awesome! I’m so happy everyone loved it!
Phil says
What size jelly roll pan are you using?
Julie Evink says
15 ½ by 10 ½ inches
Christa L Gettys says
My wife screams like a 2-year-old girl when she sees a snake. Me I’m like Oh it ‘s a ________snake, it’s harmless. Trust me I used to live where Eastern Diamondbacks were very common and in the spring when the swamp flooded we had to be really careful! Now to this amazing recipe. Thank the gods of cooking for apple pie filling!! I wanted to weep for joy when I saw that! I have health problems and even with an apple peeler and core-er and slicer I still end up hurting. I have pretty much given up in the kitchen. But this is something my 17 yr old son and I can handle and surprise my wife. Should I put a rubber snake on it? Nah, she’d never eat it LOL Grocery shopping earlier next week and with it FINALLY no longer in the 90’s!! I can actually turn the real oven on instead of just the toaster oven!! This recipe was actually a pop-up ad, so glad I got it! Have a great Autumn baking!
Nellie Tracy says
These look so delicious! What a fun and tasty treat for fall!
Julie Evink says
Such a perfect fall dessert!
Britni says
These look super yummy & easy for fall season. Thank you
Julie Evink says
You’re welcome! Enjoy!
Willie says
Julie, recipe states to drop rest of batter over cherry pie filling. Did this start as a recipe using cherry pie filling? If so, that’s good to know because I wanted to use that too.
Thanks.
Julie Evink says
Hi!
Yes, this did start as a cherry pie bar recipes (https://www.julieseatsandtreats.com/cherry-pie-bars/). I’ve updated the recipe! Thanks for letting me know 🙂
Julie
Brenda says
Those apple pie bars look delicious. Thanks for the tip about keeping them in the refrigerator. I would run in the house if there was a snake in the yard too!