Easy Apple Pie Bars Recipe - Mom's Dinner (2024)

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Easy Apple Pie Bars have all the flavors of a traditional apple pie with out all the work! Sweet vanilla cake is topped with store-bought apple pie filling, then topped with the remaining vanilla batter. Right before serving drizzle with a little Powder Sugar Glaze for a show stopping dessert.

These are excellent served warm with a little vanilla ice cream.

4.76 from 50 votes

Prep Time: 15 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 45 minutes minutes

Total Time: 40 minutes minutes

Author: Susie Weinrich

Apple Pie Bars

• 1 cup butter, softened (I have used melted butter in a pinch)
• 1 ½ cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 4 eggs
• 3 cups flour
• 1 ½ teaspoon baking powder
• 21 oz can apple pie filling (use 2 if you like more apple filling)
• ¼ teaspoon cinnamon (add a pinch of clove and all spice for even more seasoning)
• non-stick spray

Glaze

• ½ cup powder sugar
• 1 tablespoon milk

Apple Pie Bars

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Prep a 9×13 baking pan by greasing the bottom with oil or non-stick spray.

  non-stick spray

• In a large mixing bowl, with a hand mixer (or in a stand mixer with paddle attachment), cream the butter, sugar, and vanilla together for 2 minutes.

  1 cup butter, softened, 1 ½ cup sugar, 1 teaspoon vanilla

• Add the eggs one at a time, mixing them in one at a time.

  4 eggs

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• Slowly add the flour and baking powder into the butter/sugar mixture. Mix until the flour is completely incorporated.

  Pro Tip: Measure the flour and baking powder onto a piece of parchment paper and then use it like a funnel to get all the dry ingredients into the bowl, easily!

  3 cups flour, 1 ½ teaspoon baking powder

• Spread ⅔ of the batter into the bottom of the prepared 9×13 baking dish, make sure it is spread evenly in the pan.

  Pro Tip: an offset spatula sprayed with non-stick spray can make easy work of spreading the sticky batter!

• Pour the apple pie filling over the batter, sprinkle with cinnamon (and optionally other apple pie spices like clove or all spice).

  21 oz can apple pie filling, ¼ teaspoon cinnamon

• Dot the top of the apples with the remaining batter.

  

• In a dark metal pan bake for 30-35 minutes until the top and the edges are golden and the cake is cooked thru.

  If you are using a glass baking dish you will need to bake for 45-50 minutes.

Glaze

• While the cake is baking make the powder sugar glaze by mixing together the powder sugar and milk, add a dash of cinnamon for extra seasoning!

  The glaze should be a drizzle consistency. Add a splash more of milk if needed.

  ½ cup powder sugar, 1 tablespoon milk

Serving

• Let the Apple Pie Bars cool for about 20 minutes before cutting. This allows the apple pie filling to cool and set.

  

• Cut into 12 or 16 squares. Drizzle with the glaze.

  Could also sub in Brown Sugar Caramel Sauce or Rum Butter Sauce for the powder sugar glaze.

• Optionally serve with a little vanilla ice cream and/or whipped cream .

Storing

• Store at room temperature, in an air tight container, for up to 4 days.

Variations: you can replace the apple pie filling with your favorite fruit pie filling: cherry, blueberry, or peach.

or pop over to this Cherry Pie Bar recipe.

In the Spring try this Lemon Pie Bar Recipe!