APPLE-CINNAMON SQUARES

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Yummy cake-like texture to these squares sort of makes you think of coffee cake. Recipe souce, The Apple Cookbook".

Provided by Judith N.

Categories     Bar Cookie

Time 55m

Yield 16 squares

Number Of Ingredients 14

1/2 cup sweet butter or 1/2 cup margarine
3/4 cup brown sugar
2 large eggs
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
1/3 cup whole wheat flour
2/3 cup presifted all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 large apple (Rome Beauty)
1/2 cup raisins
2 tablespoons ground cinnamon
1/2 cup sugar
2 tablespoons sweet butter or 2 tablespoons margarine

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees, Grease and flour 8"x8" baking dish.
  • Melt 1/2 cup butter in a 2 1/2 quart saucepan.
  • Remove from heat and stir in the brown sugar.
  • Beat in the eggs, one at a time Add the vanilla extract.
  • Stir in the whole wheat flour.
  • Sift in the all-purpose flour, baking powder, baking soda, and 1 1/2 Tsps.
  • cinnamon.
  • Stir together.
  • Peel, core, and dice the apple.
  • Add to the batter with the raisins and stir to combine.
  • Pour into the baking dish.
  • Mix together the remaining 2 Tbls.
  • cinnamon and the 1/2 cup sugar.
  • Sprinkle over the top of the batter.
  • Melt the remaining 2 Tbls.
  • butter and drizzle over sugar and cinnamon.
  • Bake in the oven for 30 minutes or until a skewer inserted in the center comes out clean.
  • Remove and cool in the pan on a wire rack.
  • When cool, slice into squares.

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