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Sugar cookies in a thick and delicious bar!

Lots of apples and cinnamon make these sugar cookie bars the perfect fall treat!

Sugar cookies in a thick and delicious bar! Lots of apples and cinnamon make these sugar cookie bars the perfect fall treat!

Each major holiday comes with a “to do” list. I’m not talking about shopping or decorating, but more of an itinerary of things we need to do as a family. When the start of school rolls around, I start planning our fall activities. The season will NOT be complete for me unless we find time to do all the fun things autumn has to offer. Since our kids have been babies, we’ve gone to the zoo, we’ve done hayrides, we’ve picked and carved pumpkins, we’ve done corn mazes and made all sorts of Halloween treats. These are the reason I absolutely love the fall. There is so much to do, the weather is cool and crisp and I love the autumn colors we find everywhere we look.

Sugar cookies in a thick and delicious bar! Lots of apples and cinnamon make these sugar cookie bars the perfect fall treat!

Our oldest is almost 10. She still enjoys most of our fall festivities. She’s a good big sister and will enjoy them for the sake of my 4 year old for as long as possible. In the back of my mind, I am aware that our lives are changing. We do so much together as a family. All the activities listed above hold so many special family memories. I know it’s only a matter of time before one of them asks to bring a friend, and then the whole dynamic of that outing will change. The next thing that will happen is one will ask to stay back with a friend and before we know it, we won’t be going at all. I’m dreading that day.

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Sugar cookies in a thick and delicious bar! Lots of apples and cinnamon make these sugar cookie bars the perfect fall treat!

The one thing that we will always have is the flavors of fall. Each September our kitchen starts filling up with the spiced aromas that only the flavors of autumn can bring. Our senses are filled with the scent of apples, cinnamon, ginger, pumpkin, maple and nutmeg. Our kids love eating pumpkin cupcakes and chili, cinnamon bread and gingerbread cookies. And I’m confident they always will. I suppose no matter what each season brings, we always have food to bring us together.

Sugar cookies in a thick and delicious bar! Lots of apples and cinnamon make these sugar cookie bars the perfect fall treat!

These apple cinnamon sugar cookie bars were the perfect recipe to get us in the mood for fall! Each bite is loaded with cinnamon and fresh chunks of apples. I frosted them with a simple browned butter frosting. The combination left us anxious for fall and the bounty it has to offer!

Apple Cinnamon Sugar Cookie Bars

Apple Cinnamon Sugar Cookie Bars

Yield: 2 dozen
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 30 minutes
Chill: 1 hour
Total Time: 1 hour 50 minutes

Lots of apples and cinnamon make these sugar cookie bars the perfect fall treat!

Ingredients

  • 1 cup butter softened
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 4 eggs
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla
  • 5 cups flour
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 2 cups diced, peeled apples
  • 2 teaspoons cinnamon
  • 1 cup butter
  • 1 16oz package powdered sugar
  • 1/2 cup milk
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350. Grease a 13x18 baking sheet and set aside.
  2. In a mixer, combine butter and sugar and mix on medium until creamy. Mix in eggs one at a time, making sure to mix well after each addition. Mix in vanilla. Scrape the sides of the bowl as needed. In a small bowl, combine flour, salt and baking soda. Blend in flour mixture on low until completely incorporated. Stir in cinnamon and apples.
  3. Spread bars onto prepared sheet. Bake for 15-20 minutes or until a tooth pick inserted in the center comes out clean. Let cool completely before frosting.
  4. For the frosting, cook butter in a small saucepan over medium heat stirring constantly for about 8-10 minutes or until butter starts to turn a golden brown color. Remove from heat and pour until a bowl. Cover and refrigerate butter for an hour or until it begins to solidify.
  5. In a mixer, beat butter until smooth. Carefully add powdered sugar alternately with the milk beginning and ending with the powdered sugar. When frosting is a spreadable consistency, stir in vanilla. Spread frosting over cooled sugar cookie bars.
Nutrition Information
Yield 24 Serving Size 1
Amount Per Serving Calories 390Total Fat 17gSaturated Fat 10gTrans Fat 1gUnsaturated Fat 5gCholesterol 72mgSodium 252mgCarbohydrates 57gFiber 1gSugar 36gProtein 4g

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© Tanya Schroeder
Cuisine: American / Category: Sweets

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Tanya Schroeder

About Tanya Schroeder

Tanya is a full time wife and mom, a part time chef/baker, and a wanna be photographer! Tanya believes every once in a while, dessert should be eaten first! Hope you like what you see!

Comments

  8. Gloria Phillips (@simplygloria1) says

    I love scheduling things for us to do for Fall, too. And, I know exactly what you mean by when the kids start asking if friends can go or they go with a friend (“because it’s more fun with another family”)…it’s hard. My thing is trying to do events for ALL of my boys as a family. Since they are in their 20s, teens, and 6…I’m mean, what do you do? Other than force them to do these kinds of things. So, the only events that we can “enjoy” as a family (without the bickering) are road trips to rock concerts and the amusement park we have outside of Salt Lake City. So, enjoy these young years while you can! (=
    PS… Pinning these wonderful bars! (They must taste amazing! I can smell them now!)

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  9. Erin says

    I saw your bars on Whimsy Wednesday and HAD to come check these babies out! They look sooooo good. I think my family and I will be doing some apple-picking in the near future, and these will definitely be on the list to try. Thanks so much!
    Erin

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  13. ChgoJohn says

    Although I’m certainly in no hurry to welcome Fall, Tanya, I do love the aromas of Fall cooking. A kitchen with something containing apple & cinnamon baking in the oven is just about perfect. I bet these cookie bars taste every bit as good as their aroma.

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  15. Amy | Club Narwhap says

    Tanya, these look so delicious–and perfect for fall! I love the flavors and the fact that they are sugar cookie bars. What could be better!? I also have a fall bucket list and can’t wait to get piping hot pumpkin donuts from our local farm stand.

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  18. Andi @ The Weary Chef says

    I was in love with this recipe as soon as I read the title! These bars look delicious.

    I am looking forward to fall activities (and food) too. I love taking the boys to pumpkin patches. Last year my little one fell and landed with his nose right on the end of a pumpkin stem. He had a huge red scrape on the tip of his nose all Halloween season, and I had to tell everyone he fell on a pumpkin every time they asked.

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  20. Jen Nikolaus says

    I feel the same way about the holidays, there are always a bunch of family things I want to do. I might have to start making these bars as a tradition every fall – they look amazing and like something we all would love!

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  23. Heather @ Sugar Dish Me says

    So listen. My kids are bigger than yours! My oldest is 13 and you know what? i still make them do ALLLLL of that stuff. They like it. And if they don’t like it they won’t tell me for fear that I will hold all the cookies hostage.
    And speaking of holding all the cookies hostage — I’m pretty sure I could eat a whole pan of these Apple Sugar Cookie Bars. YUP.

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  25. cookingwithcurls says

    We used to do all of those fun fall activities, and then the kids grew up…and got jobs. They no longer find those things fun, and don’t want to hang out with their parents. It’s sad 🙁 I wish I lived closer to you, so I could go do all of those fun things with you! Those bars looks heavenly. I need to start baking!!!

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  31. Rhonda says

    Will be making these today! I know exactly how you feel. My son is 24, a Marine and married. Sometimes I wonder where the days went to. Thanks for sharing this.

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  32. Cindy Eikenberg says

    Tanya, these look and sound absolutely delicious! My hubby just loves anything with apples, so these are going on my must try list! Thanks for sharing and pinning! Have a wonderful week!

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  33. Meg Robins de Haan says

    Awe, I can’t wait to do fun things like that with my little one. She is only 10 months but I definitely plan to go apple picking with her. That is my favorite fall thing to do.

    I think I will be saving some extra for these bars!

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  34. Diane in Wisconsin says

    Don’t know what I did wrong. Knewq 5 cups of flour was too much for a 13 x 8 pan as shown in the recipe so used a 10 x 15 and it still raised like cake. Much more a dry cake than a cookie texture. Frosting was good.

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  36. Dena says

    Glad to see the pan size was corrected. I was going to say that I had to bake it alot longer in my 9×13 pan (it had said 13×8 so I figured it would be fine)for the middle to get done. I’m eating a middle piece and it’s dense like a cookie and very thick obviously because of my pan choice and the frosting is awesome. I hope the edge pieces aren’t too dry.

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