No Nut Apple Pie Bars Recipe

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups (3 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
• 3/4 cups sugar
• 3 cups AP flour
• 1/2 t Vietnamese cinnamon
• 1/2 t kosher salt
• Filling:
• 6 T unsalted butter
• 1/2 cup light brown sugar
• 12 tart, preferably firm apples (about 6 lbs)—peeled, cored and thinly sliced
• 1 T Vietnamese cinnamon
• 1/2 cup water, as necessary
• Topping:
• 3 cups rolled oats (Recipe Girl says quick cooking but I used old fashioned–results might be crumblier but still worked)
• 2 cups AP flour
• 1 1/2 cups light brown sugar
• 1 1/4 t Vietnamese cinnamon
• 1/2 t baking soda
• 1/2 t kosher salt
• 1 1/2 cups (3 sticks) unsalted butter, cut into 1/2-inch cubes (chilled)
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