Apple And Caramel Bars

Whenever we have a voracious hunger or simply a craving, we can prepare the apple and caramel bars. This is a nice snack, but still healthy. Next, we will discuss the recipe for you to prepare at home yourself.

We can also enjoy them before doing our exercise routine. In this way, we will have the necessary energy to complete our session, without problems.

Apple and caramel bars

The combination of apple and caramel in these bars is very tasty. The best of all is that, as you will see later, this recipe works to make a large number of bars.

Ingredients (for about 24 bars)

For the caramel

½ cup of cream (50 ml).
1 cup of sugar (100 g).
1 teaspoon of salt (5 g).
6 tablespoons of butter (60 g).

For the apple filling

4 apples.
½ cup of flour (50 g).
1 teaspoon of cornstarch (5 g).
3 tablespoons of sugar (30 g).
1 teaspoon of ground cinnamon (5 g).
1 teaspoon of allspice (5 g).

A pinch of ground nutmeg.

For the base

1 teaspoon of salt (5 g).
2 cups of flour (250 g).
1 and a half cups of oatmeal (150 g).
1 cup of brown sugar (100 g).
¾ cup of butter (60 g).
½ teaspoon of baking soda (2.5 g).

Preparation

Preheat the oven to 200 ° C.
Line a mold with aluminum foil (leave a little on the sides so that it is easier to disassemble everything later) and spread it with butter.
Prepare the caramel. In a saucepan, place the sugar and bring to the fire until it begins to melt, stir so that it turns a golden color.
Add the butter at room temperature and beat vigorously.
Turn off the heat and add the cream. Pour into a container and reserve. When it’s warm, you can put it in the fridge.
To make the filling: peel and cut the apples into cubes, without the bone, put in a container with the sugar, flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice and cornstarch. Stir well and reserve.
We have the base: in a container put the butter and sugar, mixing well.

To the previous mixture, add the flour, salt, baking soda and oats.
Stir until the ingredients are combined and you have a uniform dough.
Separate the equivalent of two cups of the dough and reserve. Place the rest in the lined and greased mold and press well.
Add the apples and the caramel on top. The preparation of the remaining base is added at this time and press so that everything is compacted.
Bake 25 minutes or until edges are golden brown.
Remove and let cool to room temperature before unmolding.
Cut your apple and caramel bars to the size you want.

orange bars

Other apple and caramel bars

As a variant, we propose the following recipe. These are apple and caramel bars, with a touch of apple crumble … A true delight, don’t miss them!

Ingredients

For the base

1 cup of flour (125 g).
½ cup of butter (50 g).
½ cup of brown sugar (50 g).

For the filling

½ cup of sugar (100 g).
2 medium eggs (120 g).
180 grams of cream cheese.
1 teaspoon of vanilla extract (5 g).

For coverage

2 apples.
1 cup of flour (125 g).
2 teaspoons of sugar (10 g).
5 tablespoons of oatmeal (50 g).
½ cup of brown sugar (50 g).
5 tablespoons of butter (50 g).
½ teaspoon of ground cinnamon (2.5 g).

Preparation

Preheat the oven to 180 ° C.
Make the base first: in a bowl, place the flour, room temperature margarine and brown sugar. Mix using electric stirrers or a fork. Grease a mold and pour the preparation, pressing well to make it compact.
Bake for 15 minutes or until golden brown.
Remove from the oven and reserve to temper.
To prepare the filling, in a bowl beat the cream cheese with the sugar. Add the eggs one by one while stirring, and finally, the vanilla essence.

Pour over the base that you removed from the oven and reserve on the counter.
Now it’s time for topping: Peel and dice the apples. Mix with the cinnamon and sugar and spread on the cake that you had reserved.
In a bowl, mix the oats, brown sugar, room temperature butter and flour to form the crumble. Pour over the apples.
Cook for half an hour or until the filling is firm.
Remove from the oven and let cool to room temperature.
Cut to your liking.

peach crumble

Remember

Although apple and caramel bars are delicious, it is important to consume them in moderation. On the other hand, it is important to maintain a balanced diet, good hydration and an exercise routine.