Ingredients

The following ingredients have 16 Servings
  • ½ cup butter (at room temperature)
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • ¼ teaspoon nutmeg
  • 2 tablespoons old-fashioned oats
  • ¼ cup very finely chopped pecans
  • 3 cups thinly sliced (peeled Granny Smith apples (I used 2 large apples))
  • 1/3 cup sugar
  • 1 tablespoon flour
  • ½ teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1/8 teaspoon salt
  • 1/8 teaspoon nutmeg
  • 1 teaspoon lemon juice
  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • 2 tablespoons milk
  • ½ teaspoon maple extract (or vanilla extract if you don’t have maple)

Instruction

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
  • Grease the bottom of an 8-inch or 9-inch square baking pan.
  • Using an electric mixer, cream together butter and sugar. Add eggs and vanilla extract and mix well.
  • In a separate bowl combine flour, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, oats, and pecans.
  • Gradually add flour mixture to butter mixture. Mix until combined. Set aside.
  • In a large bowl, toss together all filling ingredients.
  • Spread about 1 ½ cups of the batter into the prepared pan. Top with filling. Drop remaining batter on top of apples.
  • Bake for 35-45 minutes, or until toothpick comes out clean. Cool on wire rack.
  • When bars have cooled, combine glaze ingredients in a small bowl. Drizzle glaze on top of bars. Allow glaze to set before cutting into squares.