Dulce de Leche Apple Bars

By Texaschef11

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 3/4 tsp baking powder
• 3/4 tsp baking soda
• 3/4 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/2 cup butter (1 stick), softened
• 1 cup packed light brown sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 1/2 cups chopped, peeled apples
• 1/2 cup dulce de leche

Preparation

Step 1

1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease and flour a 9×9-inch square baking pan.
2. Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and salt. Set aside.
3. In a large mixing bowl, beat butter, sugar, eggs and vanilla until fluffy.
4. Stir flour mixture into sugar mixture, just until combined. Carefully stir in apples.
5. Spoon 2/3 of the batter into the prepared pan. Drop dulce de leche by heaping Tablespoons over batter. Drag a butter knife through dulce de leche to swirl through the batter. Drop remaining batter over dulce de leche.
6. Bake 25 to 30 minutes, or until browned and firm to touch. Let cool completely.
7. When cool, ice with your choice of icing, click over to Recipe Girl's site for her browned butter icing, I didn't follow a recipe, I just mixed together cream cheese, butter, dulce de leche, icing sugar and cream until it looked like icing... Sorry for the randomness.
8. For cleanest cuts, chill completely and slice into the bars with a sharp, thin knife. Keep refrigerated until ready to serve.