Maple Apple Bars with Maple Cream Cheese Glaze
You can never have too many hor d'oeuvre recipes, so give Maple Apple Bars with Maple Cream Cheese Glaze a try. This recipe serves 24 and costs 31 cents per serving. Watching your figure? This lacto ovo vegetarian recipe has 202 calories, 2g of protein, and 8g of fat per serving. If you have powdered sugar, milk, vanillan extract, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 45 minutes. This recipe from Cooking Classy has 16 fans. Taking all factors into account, this recipe earns a spoonacular score of 9%, which is improvable. Gluten-Free Apple Cinnamon Bars with Skinny Maple Cream Cheese Frosting, Brown Butter Caramelized Apple Crisp Bars with Pecan Streusel + Mascarpone Maple Glaze, and Carrot Cake Macaroons with Maple-Cream Cheese Glaze are very similar to this recipe.
Servings: 24
Ingredients:
1/2 cup applesauce
1 tsp baking soda
2 Tbsp butter, softened
1 tsp cinnamon
3 large eggs
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 cups (packed) unpeeled, grated gala apples (about 4 small, don't grate the core)
1 cup granulated sugar
3/4 cup light-brown sugar
3 oz. 1/3 less fat Cream Cheese, softened
1 tsp maple flavor
2 Tbsp milk
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1/2 cup chopped Pecans or Walnuts (optional)
1 cup powdered sugar
1 pinch salt
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 cup vegetable oil
Equipment:
hand mixer
mixing bowl
whisk
oven
frying pan
toothpicks
Cooking instruction summary:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a mixing bowl whisk together flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg, set aside. In a large bowl, using an electric mixer, stir together granulated sugar, light-brown sugar, eggs, vegetable oil, applesauce, vanilla extract and maple flavor on low speed for 2 minutes. Stir in dry ingredients and mix just until incorporated. Stir in grated apples. Pour mixture into a buttered 15x10 inch jellyroll pan. Bake 22-25 minutes until golden brown and toothpick inserted into center comes out clean. Allow to cool to lukewarm then frost with Maple Cream Cheese Glaze. Sprinkle with optional nuts. Cut into bars. Store in an airtight container.In a mixing bowl, using an electric mixer, whip together cream cheese, butter, maple flavor and salt until smooth. Stir in powdered sugar and milk and mix until well blended and smooth.
Step by step:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a mixing bowl whisk together flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg, set aside. In a large bowl, using an electric mixer, stir together granulated sugar, light-brown sugar, eggs, vegetable oil, applesauce, vanilla extract and maple flavor on low speed for 2 minutes. Stir in dry ingredients and mix just until incorporated. Stir in grated apples.
2. Pour mixture into a buttered 15x10 inch jellyroll pan.
3. Bake 22-25 minutes until golden brown and toothpick inserted into center comes out clean. Allow to cool to lukewarm then frost with Maple Cream Cheese Glaze. Sprinkle with optional nuts.
4. Cut into bars. Store in an airtight container.In a mixing bowl, using an electric mixer, whip together cream cheese, butter, maple flavor and salt until smooth. Stir in powdered sugar and milk and mix until well blended and smooth.
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