APPLE-CINNAMON SQUARES

Apple-Cinnamon Squares image

Provided by Judith N.

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.