Salted Caramel Apple Bars
Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- ⅔ cup confectioners' sugar
- ¼ teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 pinch nutmeg
- ½ cup butter, softened
- 1 egg
- 1 cup Mott's® Original or Cinnamon Applesauce
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ cup chopped dried apples
- 1 cup caramel bits*
- 1 cup chopped walnuts
- ¼ cup granulated sugar
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ⅛ teaspoon coarse sea salt, or to taste**
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Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease 9-inch square pan.
- Combine flour, confectioners' sugar, baking powder, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg in a bowl.
- Cream butter in separate large bowl. Beat in egg, applesauce, and vanilla extract.
- Mix dry ingredients into wet ingredients. Stir to combine. Add diced apples, caramel bits and walnuts; blend in thoroughly. Pour into greased pan and distribute evenly.
- Combine granulated sugar, cinnamon and sea salt for the topping. Sprinkle evenly on top of the batter.
- Bake until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, 30-35 minutes.
- Cool completely and cut into 16 bars.
Source
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