my apple pie bars so i've got one pound of butter three quarters of a cup of sugar half a cup of brown sugar two teaspoons of vanilla i'm gonna start it slow and then gradually increase it what i've done is sift together four cups of flour and one and a half teaspoons of kosher salt and now i'm just going to add them slowly to the mixture perfect so i've got a nine by 13 inch metal baking pan and what i do is i lined it with parchment paper and i'm gonna put two thirds of the shortbread dough in the bottom of the pan so i just want an even layer okay so now what i'm just going to refrigerate this for 20 minutes then i'm going to bake it 375 for about 18 to 20 minutes now i have my apple pie filling let me tell you how i made it combine one and a half pounds each of sliced granny smith apples and golden delicious apples i added two tablespoons of freshly squeezed lemon juice a quarter of a cup of granulated sugar a teaspoon of ground cinnamon an eighth of a teaspoon of ground nutmeg and mixed it all together then i added the apples to a pot containing four tablespoons of melted butter and let it simmer for 15 minutes just until the apples were tender spread them out on the shortbread crust i'm just going to leave a little bit of an edge i have a third of the shortbread left in the mixer i'm just going to add a few things half a cup of chopped walnuts a teaspoon of ground cinnamon and i'm just going to give it a quick mix in the mixer and just crumble it right on top the pan goes into a 375 degree oven for 25 to 30 minutes then when the time's up and the topping is browned i'll take them out and let them cool completely then cut it into 12 squares with a large sharp knife so that's apple pie bars that was pretty easy right