If we’re being honest, cold weather isn’t my favorite, but hear me out! Yes, I moved from Atlanta to Chicago. And one of the main reasons I moved, you ask? Well, for more of a change in seasons, specifically winter. I grew up in the midwest, however after graduating from college I moved to Atlanta. And Atlanta was great! But I missed the changing of seasons, I missed having Fall weather for more than a couple of weeks, I missed the cold, okay?!
I know for a lot of people, this sounds absurd. Especially when we’re talking about the brutal Chicago winters, where for most of January and February, it feels like your face might as well be frozen off. However, that kind of weather just gives me more reason to stay inside and enjoy all the seasonal cold weather treats while cozied up under three blankets. Yes, I said three – your girl gets COLD!
Thinking about seasonal treats in the winter, there are three main ones that just always come to mind for me, aside from deliciously warm and cozy latte’s. I think of pies, warm fudgy brownies, and apple crisp. These three desserts just always feel cozy to me, so what’d we do here? We combined aspects of all three desserts to make one epic, cozy, delicious and decadent dessert to warm you in even the coldest of months! Introducing, dark chocolate apple crumble bars! They’ve got a buttery crust thats slightly reminiscent of pie crust. They also have a warm cinnamon apple filling made with Autumn Glory apples that are SO delicious, crisp, and refreshing. And finally, they have a delicious crumble, and a dark chocolate drizzle that’s to die for. There’s no way you won’t love these!
Dark Chocolate Apple Crumble Bars
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servingsIngredients
- Crust Ingredients
1 cup All Purpose Flour
6 Tbsp Cold Unsalted Butter
1/3 cup Cane Sugar
2 Tbsp Cold Water
- Apple Filling Ingredients
2 Superfresh Growers Autumn Glory Apples
3 tsp Cinnamon
2 tsp Tapioca Flour or Corn Starch
- Crumble Ingredients
1/2 cup All Purpose Flour
1/4 cup Brown Sugar
4 Tbsp room temperature Unsalted Butter
2 tsp Cinnamon
1/2 cup Dark Chocolate (for melting over top!)
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit and line an 8×8 baking pan with parchment paper. Set aside.
- Begin by making the crust for the bars. Cut your cold butter into cubes, about 1/2 inch in size and then add them to a large mixing bowl.
- Then, in a the same mixing bowl, add the remainder of your crust ingredients – flour, sugar and water. The best method here is to lightly smush the butter together with the other ingredients in the bowl until everything comes together and becomes shaggy, but combined. Note: Once fully combined, the dough for the crust will not be a wet dough, and there may be some smaller clumps of butter left – this is what will give the crust some layers! (Think of this method similar to how you would mix pie dough with your hands.)
- Next, press the dough for the crust into an even layer in the bottom of your parchment-lined 8×8 pan and poke a few holes in the top with a fork. Bake for 30-35 minutes.
- While the crust is baking, prepare the cinnamon apple filling. Peel both apples and slice to about 1/4 inch thick. Add the sliced apples to a mixing bowl and toss with cinnamon and tapioca flour.
- Remove the crust once it has finished baking, and let it cool completely.
- While the crust is cooling, move on to prepare the crumble topping for your bars. Combine all purpose flour, brown sugar and cinnamon in a bowl. Then, cube the butter for your crumble ingredients and add to the bowl with the dry ingredients. Mix together with either a fork or your hands until clumps or “crumbles” form.
- Once the crust has cooled, add your cinnamon apples to the pan over top the crust. Then, sprinkle the crumble evenly over the cinnamon apples.
- Place your bars back in the oven to bake for an additional 30 minutes at 350 degrees.
- 10. Finally, remove the bars from the oven, let them cool completely, and drizzle with melted dark chocolate. Slice into bars and enjoy!
If you made this recipe, I’d love to see it! Let me know in the comments and tag me on IG at @simply_unbeetable.
This recipe was made in partnership with Superfresh Growers, all opinions are my own.
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