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Mock Apple Pie Bars

Kuelbs familyCook 40 min

This is a great way to use the surplus zucchini from the garden.

Ingredients

  • Crust:
  • 4 cups flour
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 1/2 cups sugar
  • 1 1/2 cups butter
  • Filling:
  • 8 cups zucchini; peeled, seeded and sliced as an apple
  • 2/3 cup lemon juice
  • 1/2 tsp nutmeg
  • 3/4 tsp cinnamon
  • 1 tsp cinnamon

Steps

  1. Combine flour salt sugar and butter and mix until crumbly.
  2. Pour 1/2 of the mixture into a 10" x 15" pan and pat down.
  3. Bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes.
  4. Cook zucchini in lemon juice until tender, add the rest of the ingredients except for the last 1 teaspoon of cinnamon.
  5. Simmer a few minutes and add 1/2 cup of the remaining crust mixture to thicken the zucchini mixture.
  6. Cool and spread on baked crust.
  7. Add remaining cinnamon to remaining crust mixture.
  8. Mix and spread over top of the filling.
  9. Bake 30 minutes more (at 350 degrees) until filling is bubbly.