Second Day Cardamom Apple Squares

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Second Day Cardamom Apple Squares

 

2 cups white flour, unbleached

2 cups brown sugar, firmly packed

1/2 cup butter or margarine

1 cup chopped nuts, optional

1/2 teaspoon cardamom

1 teaspoon cinnamon

1 teaspoon soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 cup sour cream or yogurt

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 egg

2 cups apples, peeled and chopped, about 2 apples

 

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a large bowl, combine

the flour, brown sugar and margarine.

Blend at low speed, until the mixture forms fine

crumbs.

If you want to include them, stir in the nuts now.

Place about 2 3/4 cups of the crumb mixture into an

ungreased pan, about 13 x 9 inches.

Press down firmly.

Add the remaining ingredients (except for the apples)

to the remaining crumb mixture.

Blend well. Stir the chopped apples into the batter.

Spoon the batter evenly over the crumb base in the

pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 to 40 minutes.

If you use the larger pan, bake for 25 to 30 minutes.

Cool before cutting.

Better yet, let it wait 24 hours before cutting. Store

loosely covered.

Try to avoid eating very many of these squares

on the day you make them, as they improve immeasurably

on the second and third day!

Yields 12 to 15 squares.

 

 

 

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