Loaded Caramel Apple Bars

Loaded with apples and bursting with caramel flavor, these bars are like little apple pies.

• Preparation Time: 30 mins
• Cooking Time: 60 mins
• Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins
• Calories: 375 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon milk
• 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
• 3 tablespoons butter, sliced
• 1 pastry for a 9-inch double-crust pie, divided
• 10 apples - peeled, cored, and sliced
• 10 individually wrapped caramels, unwrapped
• 1.5 cups white sugar
• 1 tablespoon confectioners' sugar, or more as needed

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

Step 2

Cover the bottom of a 9x13-inch baking dish with pastry for 1 1/2 pie shells, cutting the pastry to fit and filling gaps as necessary.

Step 3

Stir apples, sugar, flour, and cinnamon together in a large bowl to coat the apple slices. Layer apple mixture over pie crust. Arrange caramels and butter slices on top of apple mixture.

Step 4

Cut remaining pie pastry into 1- to 2-inch pieces; arrange atop the caramels and butter.

Step 5

Bake in preheated oven until just beginning to brown, about 1 hour.

Step 6

Cool in baking dish on a wire rack for 30 minutes, cut into bars.

Step 7

Beat milk and confectioner's sugar together in a small bowl; drizzle over bars.