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APPLE-SQUARES(C)         USENET Cookbook         APPLE-SQUARES(C)

SECOND DAY APPLE SQUARES

     APPLE-SQUARES - Sugary, moist apple squares

     Try to avoid eating very many of these squares on the day
     you make them, as they improve immeasurably on the second
     and third day!  This recipe originally came from a Pillsbury
     bake-off.

INGREDIENTS (Makes 12-15 squares)
     2 cups    unbleached white flour
     2 cups    brown sugar, firmly packed
     1/2 cup   butter or margarine
     1 cup     chopped nuts (optional)
     1-2 tsp   cinnamon
     1 tsp     soda
     1/2 tsp   salt
     1 cup     sour cream or yogurt
     1 tsp     vanilla
     1         egg
     2 cups    apples, peeled and finely chopped (about 2 apples)

PROCEDURE
          (1)  Preheat oven to 350 deg. F.

          (2)  In a large bowl, combine the flour, brown sugar
               and margarine.

          (3)  Blend at low speed, until the mixture forms fine
               crumbs.

          (4)  If you want to include them, stir in the nuts now.

          (5)  Place 2 3/4 cups of the crumb mixture into an
               ungreased 13x9 inch pan. Press down firmly.

          (6)  Add the remaining ingredients (except for the
               apples) to the remaining crumb mixture.  Blend
               well.

          (7)  Stir the chopped apples into the batter.  Spoon
               the batter evenly over the crumb base in the pan.

          (8)  Bake at 350 deg. F for 30-40 minutes.  If you use
               the larger pan, bake for 25-30 minutes.

          (9)  Cool before cutting.  Better yet, let it wait 24
               hours before cutting.

          (10) Store loosely covered.

RATING
     Difficulty: easy.  Time: 15 minutes preparation, 40 minutes
     baking.  Precision: approximate measurement OK.

CONTRIBUTOR
     Joel Margolese
     Apollo Computer, Chelmsford, Massachusetts, USA
     {attunix,uw-beaver,decvax!wanginst}!apollo!joelm  apollo!joelm@mit-eddie.arpa