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The Best Apple Squares Ever!

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This is an old family recipe that is better than apple pie!

Ingredients

  • FOR THE CRUST:
  • 5 cups All-purpose Flour
  • 1 teaspoon Salt
  • 2 cups Shortening
  • 4 whole Eggs, Separated
  • 1 cup Milk
  • _____
  • FOR THE FILLING:
  • 2 cups Crushed Corn Flakes
  • 6 whole Granny Smith Apples
  • 1 cup Sugar
  • 1-½ teaspoon Ground Cinnamon
  • _____
  • FOR THE ICING:
  • 1-¼ cup Confectioners Sugar, Sifted
  • ½ teaspoons Vanilla Extract
  • 3 Tablespoons Water

Preparation

1. Preheat the oven to 350°F.

2. Combine the flour and salt in a large bowl and cut in the shortening. In a small bowl, beat the egg yolks and milk. Reserve the egg whites for later. Add the egg mixture to the flour mixure. Mix the dough until combined, form into a ball, and cut in half and wrap each half in plastic wrap. Refrigerate for an hour or so.

3. In the meantime, crush your cornflakes into very fine pieces. Once it’s chilled, roll out one of the pieces of dough and place it on a 15 x10 sheet pan. Sprinkle all of the corn flake crumbs over the dough evenly.

4. Peel and slice the apples. Toss them with the sugar and cinnamon. Place the apples in a flat layer on top of cornflake crumbs.

5. Roll out the remaining piece of dough, place on top of the apples layer, cut some slits to let the steam escape and seal the edges (tuck the top crust under the bottom if you need to). Beat the egg whites until foamy and brush all over the top of the crust.

6. Bake at 350F for 1 hour, until the crust is golden. Cool slightly.

7. Combine the icing ingredients in a small bowl. Drizzle the icing evenly over the crust. Cool completely before cutting into squares.

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milkwithknives on 3.3.2011

Ooh, apple slab! Yes, I make this around Halloween, though my recipe is slightly different. They are indeed wonderful. Try it with maple glaze some time, too.

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bmd4me on 1.10.2011

These are SO going tailgating with us!

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heatherlyon on 1.10.2011

I love old family recipes like this! I can’t wait to try these.

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missinthekitchen on 1.9.2011

Wow, these sound amazing!

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monet1 on 8.31.2011

You’re right they are the best! We all loved them. It made a big batch so we had enough to share with our neighbor and they loved them too.
Thanks for sharing.

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