Dutch Apple Crumb Bars

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Title: Dutch Apple Crumb Bars
Categories: Cookies
Yield: 16 servings

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1 1/2 c Flour
1/3 c Sugar
1/4 ts Salt
1/2 c Cold unsalted butter
1 Egg yolk
2 1/2 tb Cold water
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-ping-----
3 c Peeled cored and chopped
Apples
1/2 c Chopped; pitted dates
1/4 c Flour
1/3 c Rolled oats
1/3 c Packed light brown sugar
1/2 ts Cinnamon
1 pn Salt
1/4 c Cold unsalted butter
Cut into 4 pieces

Preheat oven to 350 and grease a 9x9 inch pan. Combine flour, sugar, and
salt in a food processor. Add butter in pieces and process to make a fine
meal. Blend yolk and water. Pour over dry ingredients and process until
damp crumbs form. Pat crumbs i
nto bottom and halfway up sides of pan. Bake for 25 minutes. Mix apples,
dates, sugar, and lemon juice. Spread evenly over crust. Combine flour,
oats, brown sugar, cinnamon and salt. Add butter and rub it to make damp
crumbs. Cover apples with toppin
g and pat gently. Bake 40 minutes until golden brown. Cool completely
before slicing.
>From Farmer's Almanac Cookie Lovers Calendar 1997

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