Then toss the apples in flour to prevent a runny filling and sugar for extra sweetness. The job is made easy with this apple peeler. Make the apple crisp filling: Peel, core and slice apples to make the filling. Pre-bake the crust at 350° F so it’s sturdy enough to hold the apple filling and crumble topping. Beat those ingredients together and press the dough into a baking pan. Start with the shortbread crust: The base of these apple crisp bars is a shortbread crust- butter, brown sugar, vanilla and flour. All it took was making a shortbread crust for the apples to sit on. The simplest answer is to make apple crisp into bars. I wanted to replicate the dessert, but make it mobile. I loved it so much, especially the crumble topping. What inspired me to make this recipe? Well, my mom made apple crisp all the time when I was growing up. I’ll break the homemade recipe down for you. This recipe for apple crisp bars is one of my go-to’s. Warm, cold, with ice cream, for breakfast, any way you eat them, they are delicious.įor those of you who usually reach for the boxed apple crisp topping, I think it’s worth trying to make it from scratch. Sliced apples and crumble topping with a shortbread crust-now that’s a dessert I can get behind. This recipe uses a basic shortbread crust topped with apple slices and a simple flavorful crisp. Apple Crisp Bars are easy to make from scratch.