Apple Streusel Bars

• 1 FOR CRUST
• 2 cup flour
• 1/2 sugar
• 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 egg, beaten
• 1 FOR APPLE FILLING
• 1 cup softened butter
• 1/2 sugar
• 1/4 cup flour
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1 tsp lemon juice
• 6 cup peeled and cored and sliced baking apples such as granny smith or cortland
• 1 FOR GLAZE
• 1 1/2 cup confectioners sugar
• 3 tbsp milk
• 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
• 1/4 tsp apple pie or pumpkin pie spice mix
• 1 ADDITION TO CRUMB TOPPING
• 1/2 cup toffee bits such as heath bits

1. TO PREPARE PASTRY CRUST
2. Combine flour, sugar, baking powder and salt,cut in butter, stir in egg mixture will be dry chill if it gets sticky just until crumbly
3. Divide mixture in half, press one half of mixture into non stick sprayed 9 by 13 inche baking pan
4. Preheat oven to 350
5. MAKE APPLE FILLING
6. Combine apples with lemon juice, sugar, flour and cinnamon, toss to coat apples.
7. Arrange apples over prepared crust.
8. Add toffee chips to reserved pastry crust and crumble together and sprinkle over apples evenly
9. Bake 40 minutes until golden, cool on rack
10. FOR GLAZE
11. When bars have cooled make glaze
12. Combine sugar, milk, vanilla and apple spice mix in bowl beat until smooth, drizzle over bars, let harden before cutting into bars about 30 minutes
13. Cut into bars.
14. These freeze really well I wrap each bar and put in ziploc bags.
15. Take a frozen one for lunch and its perfect by lunch time, great for kids lunch boxes.
16. Also really good warmed in microwave and served with vanilla ice cream!
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