{"id":21513,"date":"2017-01-09T06:31:22","date_gmt":"2017-01-09T11:31:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/?p=21513"},"modified":"2019-11-26T07:23:30","modified_gmt":"2019-11-26T12:23:30","slug":"apple-bars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2017\/01\/09\/apple-bars\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple Bars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6237\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2012\/01\/17\/apple-cake\/food-header-1-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?fit=640%2C144&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,144\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Food-Header-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?fit=640%2C144&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6237\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?resize=640%2C144&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"144\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?resize=300%2C67&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"21518\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2017\/01\/09\/apple-bars\/applebars-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/AppleBars-1.jpg?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,480\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"AppleBars\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/AppleBars-1.jpg?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-21518\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/AppleBars-1.jpg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/AppleBars-1.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/AppleBars-1.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>These are more like bars than a cake, they&#8217;re dense and chewy. Almost like an apple blondie, they&#8217;re sturdy &#8211; perfect for packing in a lunch box.\u00a0<!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1\/4 cup butter, melted<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 cup light brown sugar<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 granulated sugar<\/li>\n<li>1 large egg<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon vanilla extract<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 teaspoon cinnamon<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 teaspoon salt<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon baking powder<\/li>\n<li>1 cup flour, sifted<\/li>\n<li>1 Granny Smith apple, diced<\/li>\n<li>1 tablespoon granulated sugar<\/li>\n<li>1 tablespoon cinnamon<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol>\n<li>Preheat oven to 350\u00ba. Grease\u00a0an 8&#8243; x 8&#8243; baking dish and set aside.<\/li>\n<li>In a large bowl, mix together butter, and both sugars. Add egg, vanilla, and cinnamon.<\/li>\n<li>Add flour and stir until combined, then fold in diced apples &#8211; mixture will be thick.<\/li>\n<li>Spread mixture evenly into pan.<\/li>\n<li>In a small bowl, mix sugar and cinnamon and sprinkle on top of the batter.<\/li>\n<li>Bake for 40 to 45 minutes until firm. Let cool, and slice into bars.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These are more like bars than a cake, they&#8217;re dense and chewy. Almost like an apple blondie, they&#8217;re sturdy &#8211; perfect for packing in a lunch box.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1238,4],"tags":[2909,4041,3815],"class_list":["post-21513","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lovin-from-the-oven","category-news","tag-apple-desserts","tag-lunch-boxes","tag-snacks"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1ed1x-5AZ","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":17421,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2014\/10\/06\/apple-crumb-pie-bars\/","url_meta":{"origin":21513,"position":0},"title":"Apple Crumb Pie Bars","author":"Tina Garceau","date":"October 6, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"I love bars because they're portable - they pack into a ziplock bag and you can just toss\u00a0them into a lunch box. 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