08/25/2026
Need a way to use up crabapples? Grate them down to the cores and make these delicious apple pie squares.
Danish Apple Bars
Pastry dough:
2 1/2 c. Soft white flour
2 c einkhorn or kamut flour
1 cup butter
1 cup lard (or use all butter)
4 egg yolks
2 T lemon juice or vinegar
1/2 c and 2 T water
Crumble butter and flour with a fork till it resembles fine crumbs. Add rest of ingredients , mix until it forms a ball. Roll out until quite thin on floured counter or in the pan. Put dough in bottom of large cookie sheet. (Leftover dough goes on top of filling.)
Filling:
5 cups grated apples
1 1/2 cups sugar
4 T tapioca
4 T flour
1 tsp salt
2 tsp cinnamon
Mix filling and spread over crust. Put leftover pie filling on top.
Bake at 375 for 30 min . Drizzle with powdered sugar glaze after cool or else sprinkle cinnamon sugar over the pie dough you put on top of filling .
