The Scoop
A crisp graham cracker-oat base gets layered with spiced apples and more crumb topping, then finished with a simple glaze for a sweet-tart treat that’s made for sharing.
Ingredients
For the bars:
- 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 3/4 cup graham cracker crumbs
- 3/4 cup quick-cooking oats
- 3/4 cup packed brown sugar, divided
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 3/4 cup butter, melted
- 2 large Granny Smith apples, peeled and chopped
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
For the glaze:
- 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar
- 1 tablespoon 2% milk
Directions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
- Grease a 9x13-inch pan.
- Mix the flour, the graham cracker crumbs, the oats, 1/2 cup of the brown sugar, and the sugar.
- Stir in the melted butter.
- Reserve 1 cup of the crumb mixture for the topping, pressing the remaining crumb mixture onto the bottom of the prepared pan.
- Bake the pan until the crumb crust is set, about 8-10 minutes.
- Cool the crust on a wire rack.
- Mix the apples, the cinnamon, the ginger, the cloves, and the remaining brown sugar together.
- Spread the apple mixture over the crust.
- Sprinkle the apples with the reserved crumb mixture.
- Bake until the apples are tender, about 30-35 minutes.
- Let the bars cool completely on a wire rack.
- Mix together the confectioners' sugar and the milk.
- Drizzle the glaze over the dessert.
- Cut the dessert into bars and serve.
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