Apple Brownies, another easy apple dessert

Chocolate is not the only dude that can turn into brownies. Apples can, too.

I was invited to a friend's BBQ party, but forgot to think of what to take with.
I urgently needed quick and easy dessert to make with things I already have in my kitchen, so that I don't have to run to the grocery store in the famous afternoon KL traffic.
I looked into my fridge and found some apples, I always have walnuts in the freezer... Aha! the light bulb in my brain just got turned on; 'I am going to make apple brownies!'


I have made these apple brownies numerous times and they've never disappointed me.
The flaky crust, just like the chocolate brownies, and soft crumbs with chunks of apples and walnuts...
These will make you feel like you are eating a healthy dessert even though there is 1 cup of butter hidden beneath.

I took the whole batch to the party and came home with the empty platter. A young man had 3 of them instantly. My husband was sad because there was no leftover.

This is perhaps the easiest bar dessert you can make as long as you don't mind chopping 2-3 apples and some walnuts.
And if you ask me, chopping apples is quite therapeutic.


Ingredients:

1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, melted
1 2/3 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
3 cups apples (about 2-3 apples), peeled, cored and chopped
1/2 cup chopped walnut
2 cups flour
2 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt

 

 Get your apples and walnuts.

Turn on the oven to 350ºF (170ºC) and place chunks of butter in a bowl to the oven to melt.
DO NOT forget your butter, which I often do...

 Chop your walnuts to measure about 1/2 cup with your eyes.

 Chop your apples, too. Try to think it as therapeutic activity...

Remember to check your butter at this point. I'm telling ya.

Combine all the dry ingredients in a bowl over a mesh,

 let them snow..., I mean sift.

 Take the melted butter and combine with sugar, add eggs, and vanilla. Mix until sugar melts.

 Add your apples,

 the sifted flour mix, and walnuts. Just dump'em all together.

 Use a spatula and stir until they get just moistend.

 Just like that. DO NOT over mix...

 Spread them in the 9 x 13 pan (greased, of course)

 and stick it into oven, shut the door, and stare at it for 40-50 minutes of your life.
Or you can do your dishes, or pay your bills, or take a nap.

When the top gets cracked or nicely browned, or the testing toothpick comes out clean with a few crumbs, it is their time to come out of the hot oven.

Let it cool before you cut into bars.

Serve with cold vanilla ice cream

and with a drizzle of caramel sauce 

if you want the extra calories.

But for me,

just a piece of apple brownie alone is satisfying enough.

and 

I am eating my daily fruit.

That is a good thing.

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