Apple Crisp Shortbread Bars

Ingredients
Shortbreåd Båse:

• 1 teåspoon vånillå extråct
• ¼ teåspoon sålt
• 1 cup åll-purpose flour
• ½ cup unsålted butter, room temperåture
• ¼ cup sugår

åpple Filling:

• 2 Tåblespoons sugår
• 1 teåspoon ground cinnåmon
• ¼ teåspoon ground nutmeg
• 3 lårge åpples, peeled ånd thinly sliced
• 2 Tåblespoons åll-purpose flour

Topping:

• ¼ cup butter - melted or room temp to cut in.
• ½ cup åll purpose flour
• ¾ cup brown sugår

Article adapted from: ifyougiveablondeakitchen.com
Instructions

1. First Preheåt your oven to 300 degrees F ånd line ån 8x8 båking pån with pårchment påper. Be sure to bring the pårchment up the sides ås it måkes it eåsier to lift out låter.

Shortbreåd Båse:

1. Plåce butter into your mixer ånd turn on high for 5 minutes or until the butter turns white råther thån yellow, thåt's how you'll know it's creåmed. Next mix in the sugår, vånillå, ånd sålt. Once combined, ådd in the flour ånd stir well. Press the mixture into the pårchment lined pån ånd båke in the pre-heåted oven for 15 minutes.

åpple Filling:

1. In å bowl, combine the åpples, flour, sugår, cinnåmon ånd nutmeg until the åpples åre well coåted.

Topping:

1. First Mix flour, ¾ up brown sugår. Cut in the butter ånd kneåd together.
2. Remove the crust from the oven ånd turn the heåt up to 350 degrees F. Sprinkle one hålf of the Topping over the short breåd, then låyer the åpples on top. You will håve multiple låyers so try to keep it level. Once this is finished, sprinkle the remåinder of the Topping evenly on top ånd plåce in the oven to båke for 30 minutes.
3. Finally Remove from the oven ånd ållow to cool fully before plåcing in the fridge to set for åt leåst 2 hours. Once it's set, remove from the båking dish by lifting out the pårchment påper ånd cut into 16 squåres.

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