Apple Crumble Bars

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We are so excited for you to try these Gluten-Free Apple Crumble Bars!

Based on our popular Raspberry Crumble Bars but packed with baked cinnamon apples, they are delish!

Perfect any time of year but especially during apple season and through the holidays, they are an easy, decadent tasting dessert…. but they are gluten-free and vegan!

Each layer is delicious but together they are pure magic!

It is shortbread-like cookie base, a baked Cinnamon Apple filling + Crumble Topping and it is out of this world YUMMY!

The cookie base has a nice buttery flavor and perfect texture that provides just enough crunch to balance the baked cinnamon apple filling which tastes just like the apples in an apple crisp and the a crumble topping is the perfect finish!

Plus they are gluten-free, vegan (that is dairy-free and egg-free) so they satisfy so many dietary needs or preferences.

And they are super easy to make!

They are made with 9 real, whole food ingredients:

gluten-free all purpose flour (we use GF Jules, affiliate link)

cane sugar

salt

dairy free butter (or regular butter)

brown sugar

pecans

gluten-free old fashioned rolled oats

fresh chopped apples

cinnamon

Let’s start with the shortbread cookie base…

It’s is just 4 ingredients — Gluten-free all purpose flour (we used GF Jules, affiliate link), sugar, salt and butter or dairy-free butter — and it comes together quickly.

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Back to the Apple Crumble Bars…

This shortbread cookie base is one of those baking instances where order of operations matters…. mix the dry ingredients, then mix in the butter 1 piece at a time.

Mix well– once the butter is all added in, mix on medium high speed for a minute or two, and a dough will form.

Set aside 1/3 cup to use as part of the crumble topping and press the rest into a prepared pan and bake for 15 minutes.

While it bakes, you mix together the apples and cinnamon, which will make our home smell amazing by the way when this bakes!

And while the shortbread base cooks, also assemble the crumble.

The crumble is 4 ingredients, one being part of the base dough + gluten-free rolled oats (we use GF Harvest, Amazon affiliate link), brown sugar and pecans.

To make the crumble, all you do is mix the ingredients together!

When the cookie base is done (it will be set, not browned), top the baked cookie base with the cinnamon apples…

It may look like a lot of apples but if you’ve ever baked an Apple Crisp before, you know that apples shrink a lot when they bake so you want a lot of apples.

When they baked they will release their water and shrink and become the best soft, juicy texture.

Then top with the crumble and bake!

I bake these a bit longer than our other crumble bars to make sure the apples really cook up and form the best filling.

But please note, that I cover the pan with foil for the last 15 minutes.

Your house will smell amazing while these bake and you will be tempted to eat them straight from the hot pan!

You could and they would taste great but they won’t hold together well. So I recommend letting them set and cool a little bit!

They are melt in your mouth yummy, bursting with baked juicy cinnamon apples and my taste testers can’t get enough of them!

Hope you love them as much as we do!

For more Apple Treats, try our:

Apple Cinnamon Muffins

Apple Crisp

Apple Coffee Cake 

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