Gingerbread Apple Bars
Chewy, gingerbread apple bars are filled with diced apples and warm spices. Topped with a crumbly brown sugar streusel, these gingerbread bars are a delicious treat.
Servings: 12 bars
Ingredients
- ½ cup unsalted butter, softened
- ¾ cup sugar
- ¼ cup light brown sugar
- ⅓ cup molasses
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 egg
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 tablespoon cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon ground ginger
- ¼ teaspoon ground cloves
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1 cup apples, skin off, diced small
Streusel
- ½ cup all-purpose flour
- ¼ cup light brown sugar
- ¼ cup unsalted butter, cut into small pieces
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
- Spray an 8 x 8-inch baking dish with non-stick cooking spray or line it with parchment paper.
- In a small bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, cinnamon, ginger, clove and salt.
- Cream together butter, sugar, brown sugar, molasses, vanilla extract and egg with an electric mixer.
- Slowly mix dry ingredients in with butter mixture until combined. Stir in diced apples.
- Spread batter into prepared baking dish.
Streusel
- In a small bowl, use a fork to mix together flour, brown sugar and butter until it makes a crumble.
- Spread the crumble over the gingerbread dough.
- Bake for 30 - 35 minutes or until toothpick inserted comes out clean.
- Let the bars cool before serving.
Nutrition
Calories: 280kcal | Carbohydrates: 49g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.5g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 0.3g | Cholesterol: 34mg | Sodium: 244mg | Potassium: 189mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 28g | Vitamin A: 258IU | Vitamin C: 0.03mg | Calcium: 42mg | Iron: 2mg