Minneappleis Streusel Bar Cookies Recipe
Ingredients
| Nonstick vegetable-oil cooking spray | ||
| DOUGH | ||
| 1/2 cup old-fashioned rolled oats | ||
| All purpose flour | 2/3 Cup (16 tbs) | |
| Granulated Sugar | 3 Tablespoon | |
| 3 tablespoons 70% buttermilk-vegetable oil spread, chilled | ||
| 2 sweet apples (12 ounces), such as Golden Delicious, Rome, or Mcintosh, peeled, cored, each cut lengthwise into eighths, and thinly sliced crosswise (2 cups) | ||
| Lemon juice | 2 Tablespoon (TOPPING) | |
| All purpose flour | 1/3 Cup (16 tbs) (TOPPING) | |
| Granulated Sugar | 1/4 Cup (16 tbs) (TOPPING) | |
| Ground cinnamon | 1/4 Teaspoon (TOPPING) | |
| 2 tablespoons 70% buttermilk-vegetable oil spread, chilled | ||
Directions
1. Preheat oven to 350°. Line 8 X 8 X 2-inch square baking pan with aluminum foil, leaving 2-inch overhang around all sides. Lightly coat with nonstick cooking spray.
2. Make dough: On baking sheet, spread oats in even layer.
3. Bake in 350° oven until lightly toasted and crisp, about 8 minutes. Leave oven on.
4. In food processor, combine oats and flour. Process until oats are coarsely ground. Transfer to medium bowl. Stir in sugar. With fingertips, rub in vegetable oil spread until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Press dough evenly over bottom of prepared pan.
5. Bake in 350° oven until lightly colored, about 10 minutes.
6. Meanwhile, make topping: In medium bowl, toss apples with lemon juice. In separate bowl, stir together flour, sugar, and cinnamon. With fingertips, work in vegetable oil spread until mixture resembles coarse meal. Spoon apples over top of baked dough. Scatter flour mixture evenly over apples.
7. Bake in 350° oven until topping is lightly crisped and apples are tender, about 30 minutes. Transfer pan to wire rack and cool for 5 minutes. Using foil overhang as handles, lift entire square out of pan. Cool slightly. Cut into 16 bars. Serve warm. Or store, covered, in the refrigerator for up to 2 days.
2. Make dough: On baking sheet, spread oats in even layer.
3. Bake in 350° oven until lightly toasted and crisp, about 8 minutes. Leave oven on.
4. In food processor, combine oats and flour. Process until oats are coarsely ground. Transfer to medium bowl. Stir in sugar. With fingertips, rub in vegetable oil spread until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Press dough evenly over bottom of prepared pan.
5. Bake in 350° oven until lightly colored, about 10 minutes.
6. Meanwhile, make topping: In medium bowl, toss apples with lemon juice. In separate bowl, stir together flour, sugar, and cinnamon. With fingertips, work in vegetable oil spread until mixture resembles coarse meal. Spoon apples over top of baked dough. Scatter flour mixture evenly over apples.
7. Bake in 350° oven until topping is lightly crisped and apples are tender, about 30 minutes. Transfer pan to wire rack and cool for 5 minutes. Using foil overhang as handles, lift entire square out of pan. Cool slightly. Cut into 16 bars. Serve warm. Or store, covered, in the refrigerator for up to 2 days.
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