Glazed Apple Bars
- Yield 2 dozens
Ingredients
- Bars:
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 1 1/3 cups packed light brown sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1 egg
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 medium chopped red apple, such as Gala, peeled if desired
- 1 cup raisins
- 1 cup chopped pecans
- 1/4 cup 2 percent reduced-fat milk
- Glaze:
- 1 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar
- 2 1/2 tablespoons warm 2 percent reduced-fat milk
- 1 tablespoon butter, softened
- 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F. Lightly grease a 15 x 10-inch jellyroll pan.
- To prepare bars, cream butter and brown sugar with a mixer at medium-high speed. Add salt, nutmeg, cinnamon, cloves and egg; beat until well blended.
- Combine 1 cup flour and baking soda in a bowl; add to butter mixture. Stir in apple, raisins and pecans by hand. Add milk and remaining flour; mix well. Spread in prepared pan. Bake 25 to 30 minutes, until light brown. Cool 10 minutes.
- To prepare glaze, combine confectioners’ sugar, milk, butter, vanilla and salt in a bowl; mix well. Spread glaze over cooled bars and cut to serve. Makes 2 dozen bars.
Recipe by Donna Roberts, Shumway, Ill.
