Easiest Way to Make Tasty Apple Streusel Bars

Apple Streusel Bars.

You can have Apple Streusel Bars using 20 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Prepare 1 of FOR CRUST.
Prepare 2 cup of flour.
You need 1/2 of sugar.
Prepare 1/2 tsp of baking powder.
Prepare 1/2 tsp of salt.
You need 1 of egg, beaten.
You need 1 of FOR APPLE FILLING.
You need 1 cup of softened butter.
Prepare 1/2 of sugar.
You need 1/4 cup of flour.
You need 1 tsp of ground cinnamon.
You need 1 tsp of lemon juice.
Prepare 6 cup of peeled and cored and sliced baking apples such as granny smith or cortland.
Prepare 1 of FOR GLAZE.
You need 1 1/2 cup of confectioners sugar.
Prepare 3 tbsp of milk.
Prepare 1/2 tsp of vanilla extract.
It's 1/4 tsp of apple pie or pumpkin pie spice mix.
You need 1 of ADDITION TO CRUMB TOPPING.
It's 1/2 cup of toffee bits such as heath bits.

TO PREPARE PASTRY CRUST.
Combine flour, sugar, baking powder and salt,cut in butter, stir in egg mixture will be dry chill if it gets sticky just until crumbly.
Divide mixture in half, press one half of mixture into non stick sprayed 9 by 13 inche baking pan.
Preheat oven to 350.
MAKE APPLE FILLING.
Combine apples with lemon juice, sugar, flour and cinnamon, toss to coat apples. Arrange apples over prepared crust..
Add toffee chips to reserved pastry crust and crumble together and sprinkle over apples evenly.
Bake 40 minutes until golden, cool on rack.
FOR GLAZE.
When bars have cooled make glaze.
Combine sugar, milk, vanilla and apple spice mix in bowl beat until smooth, drizzle over bars, let harden before cutting into bars about 30 minutes.
Cut into bars. These freeze really well I wrap each bar and put in ziploc bags. Take a frozen one for lunch and its perfect by lunch time, great for kids lunch boxes. Also really good warmed in microwave and served with vanilla ice cream!!.