Maple Pecan Apple Pie Bars – Maple, pecans, and apple pie all rolled into one amazingly delicious and easy bar! A treat with something for everyone!
I make a lot of food. No surprise there. I make breakfasts, snacks, desserts, dinners, sauces, and things that fall somehow into the miscellaneous category. Some recipes turn out really really good. Some are eh, one time things. A lot are sad pitiful disasters that result in last minute take out.
And a select few are oh-my-gosh so freaking good I could cry.
This is one of the latter recipes. The ones that make me think I could probably be a famous chef. Or baker. Or just feed my future children super well some day. And I will. As long as all they want is Maple Pecan Apple Pie Bars.
Remember when I said I nearly ate the very last of a recipe because it was so delicious and that I almost had to tell you about it without pictures? Luckily I saved a couple scraps to photograph for you. But really. I made a whole pan of these and basically ate the entire thing with a fork over the course of two days.
Couldn’t help it. They were THAT good! I’m making them again, right away. And you should too. You will not regret it!
What people are saying about these Maple Pecan Apple Pie Bars
“This is my first recipe from your site! I made these for my husband and they are DELICIOUS!! I accidentally read the recipe wrong and used good quality maple syrup and the glaze is so yummy!” – Kenin
“Made them……AND……..FANTASTIC! Quick and delish!!! Just the way I roll.” – Tori
If you like these Apple Pie Bars, you’ll love my Slow Cooker Cinnamon Pecans, 3-Ingredient Chocolate Almond Clusters, Salted Caramel Pecan Butter Bars, Caramel Fondue, Zebra Caramel Corn, Salted Caramel Chocolate Cups, No Churn Butterscotch Ice Cream, and Samoa S’mores.
Maple Pecan Apple Pie Bars
Ingredients
- 2 cups flour
- ½ cup sugar
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- 2 sticks butter - chilled
- 1 egg - slightly beaten
Filling
- ½ cup flour
- 3 apples - peeled and sliced, (I used two granny smith apples and one gala)
- ½ cup brown sugar
- ½ cup sugar
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon
Glaze
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 2 tablespoons milk
- ½ teaspoon maple extract
- ½ cup pecans - chopped
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 and lightly spray a 9×13 inch pan with cooking spray.
- In a large bowl combine 2 cups flour, sugar, salt, and baking powder and mix well. Cut in butter with pastry knife or two forks or until the mixture resembles course crumbs. Add egg and mix to combine. Press dough into prepared pan.
- To prepare the filling, combine apples and flour and toss to coat. Add brown sugar, sugar, and cinnamon and stir to combine. Spread over crust. Bake 40 minutes. Let cool completely.
- Combine powdered sugar, milk, and maple extract and whisk until smooth. Pour over cooled bars. Top with chopped pecans. Allow glaze to set before cutting bars. Store in airtight container.
Holy cow! i can see why you attacked the pan with a fork in 2 days! These look amazing!!!
These look amazing! Thanks for sharing this recipe. 🙂
These look so spectacular. I’m drooling 🙂 Thanks for sharing them at Time to Sparkle. I’ve pinned them.
Have them in the oven as I type! Thought this would be a good way to continue earning bonus points with the future mother-in-law. 😉
Oh I would definitely use these for brownie points!! They’re sooooo good, she’ll be begging you to join the family 😉
I tried making these but the glaze seemed really thick – is there a missing liquid ingredient?
Hi Amy! There isn’t any missing ingredients for this recipe, but if you find the glaze to be two thick to pour onto the bars you can do one of two things. 1) you can warm up the glaze in the microwave for a few seconds until it is “pourable” 2) you can add a few tablespoons of milk. Hope this helps! 🙂