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