Gooey Apple Cinnamon Blondies

Apple Cake

This delectable Apple Cake has a slightly crunchy crust and a soft moist center that is loaded with chunks of sweet apple and pecans. It is perfectly spiced with cinnamon, ground cloves and nutmeg. It is lightly drizzled with an easy four ingredient caramel sauce. I make this cake several times each fall for bake sales, potlucks and family and friend get-togethers.

Easy Ratatouille

This easy ratatouille recipe is a classic summer French stew filled with vibrant, colourful and nutritious vegetables: tomatoes, zucchini and eggplant. It is a low-carb, gluten-free and vegan dish that can be made in one pan and served atop greens or grains, as a side to a main entrée, or all on its own.

6 Comments

cheekymagpie on 10.17.2010

I made this last year and I knew I’d do it again once apples were in season. I cut out the butterscotch chips this time and added a bit more apple. This is such a great recipe! I’m going to use that cookie mix crust for other recipes. It tasted like crumb topping. Thanks so much for sharing!

maxiwe on 3.2.2010

Very good bars! We all loved them, even those in the family that don’t usually go for butterscotch chips.

Midwest Mrs on 10.30.2009

I’ve made these several times now. I decided to mix it up a bit last time I made them. Instead of the toppings used above, I used semi-sweet chocolate chips, white chocolate chips, heath bars, coconut and peacans! (then poured the sweetened condensed milk over the top) YUMM.

jujube on 10.22.2009

I liked them okay. I would say mine were a 7 on a scale of 1 to 10. I just expected a 9 or 10.
Mainly, I found them to be too sweet and not enough unsweet to counterbalance. Also chewier/tougher than I expected. And mine didn’t really look like the photo.

I made two substitutions, though, to be fair. Instead of butterscotch, I used 2 cups of caramel bits, which seemed way too much. The apple I used was Fuji; maybe I should have used Granny Smith which would have made it less sweet.
I also used fat free Eagle brand instead of regular.

BUT, there are extenuating circumstances that I think affected my tastebuds:

Prior to making them, I had eaten um a few Goetzes caramels, like um maybe more than 3 but less than 10. (I love those things!!) So my appetite was satiated.

I had a sick headache in my left eye socket all day yesterday, while they were cooking, when they came out of the oven, and still today until noon. It made me slightly nauseous.

When they came out of the oven it was almost 10 pm, my bedtime, so I didn’t taste them hot/warm. I really wish I could have found out what they taste like warm, because I think I would have liked it better.

NOW having said all that, I took them to work and got 3 requests for the recipe!

I will make them again for a work event on Saturday, trying different apples, more nuts, and fewer caramel bits. I’d also like to try them w/a different cookie mix but I got mine w/a BOGO, so I have to use up what I have first.