With a cinnamon-pecan shortbread crust, a fresh apple pie filling, and a sweet maple glaze, these Apple Cobbler Bars are the perfect way to enjoy fall’s bounty!
I whipped up a rustic batter complete with some rolled oats, pecans, and plenty of comforting spices. Tucked inside the layers of sweet crust is my mom’s famous apple pie filling (and it couldn’t be easier to make!). Just a few simple ingredients create one of the tastiest desserts I’ve had in a long time!
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Ingredients
For the Crust and Topping:
- 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
For the Filling:
- 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
For the maple glaze:
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 2 tablespoons milk
- ½ teaspoon maple extract or vanilla extract if you don’t have maple
Instructions
- 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.
This is perfect for those apple cravings! Pinned!!
Thanks so much for the pin, Ann Marie!
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That’s great! Thank you SO much, Alecia! I can’t wait to check it out!
these look incredibly delicious! I am going to have to try these because I have people around here who love all types of cobbler! This would be a new one for them to try 🙂
Hi, Kristen! Thanks so much for stopping by! I hope that you get to try them. They are really wonderful! 🙂
I need to try this soon! Thanks for linking up… so glad to feature you!
Thanks, Rachel!!
These look AMAZING! Oh my goodness! What a great fall dessert!
Thanks so much, Maria! They are definitely delicious! 🙂
I’ve never thought of putting apple cobbler into a bar form but I love this! Thank you so much for linking up at Tasty Tuesday! Your recipe has been pinned to the Tasty Tuesday Pinterest board! Please join us again this week!
Thanks for stopping by and for the pin, Stephanie! 🙂
Oh those look delicious! Thanks for sharing on Weekend bites. I’m featuring you this week.
Thanks, Adelina! And thanks for the feature!! 🙂
These look delicious! I will definitely have to try these as my husband loves anything apple cobbler. Pinned! Thank you for linking up with us at the Merry Monday Link Party!
Hi, Amanda! Thanks for pinning and for stopping by!
My husband would love these!! Thank you so much for linking up at Tasty Tuesday! Your recipe has been pinned to the Tasty Tuesday Pinterest board! Please join us again this week!
Blair, these sound great! Thanks for sharing, your post was the most viewed and will be featured in this week’s What’d You Do This Weekend! Pinning 🙂
That’s great news, Ashley! Thanks so much! 🙂
I adore apple deserts and this one looks perfect. I could happily eat a slice or two right now! This has been featured as one of my favourites over at Sweet and Savoury Sunday. Stop by, grab a button and link up again with us this week. Have a great day!
Thanks so much for the feature, Laura!