Old-Fashioned Apple Squares

These apple squares (or bars) are even tastier than I remember!! They’re loaded with apples, nuts and raisins, and have a buttery, cinnamony goodness – so you can even eat them for breakfast!!

                                              MAKES ABOUT 24 SQUARES – or BARS

• Oven at 350 F
• Lightly grease a 9″ x !0″ pan
• Bake 45 – 50 minutes, or until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean.

                                                                          INGREDIENTS

• 2 tsp. vanilla
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 packed brown sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2 cups flour
• 2 tsp baking soda
• 2 tsp. cinnamon
• 1 tsp. nutmeg
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 4 cups roughly chopped peeled and cored apples
• 1/2 cup walnuts, chopped
• 1/2 raisins (Try the raisins even if you don’t always like raisins. They kind of “melt away” into the batter, and give the resulting bars a lovely sweetness and golden dark color.)

In a medium-sized bowl – using a mixer – cream together the vanilla, both sugars and 2 eggs until creamy and throughly mixed.

In a large bowl, mix together the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, salt & nutmeg. Add the creamed mixture to the dry mixture, and mix by hand until throughly blended.

Add the apples, walnuts and raisins – mix by hand until throughly blended

Pour into the greased pan, spreading with the spoon to get the mixture even.

Bake at 350 F for between 45 – 50 minutes.  When cooled, cut with a sharp knife. Enjoy!