Apple-Cinnamon Squares

Name: Apple-Cinnamon Squares
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 16 squares
Ingredients: 1/2 cup sweet butter or 1/2 cup margarine; 3/4 cup brown sugar; 2 large eggs; 1 tablespoon vanilla extract; 1/3 cup whole wheat flour; 2/3 cup presifted all-purpose flour; 1 teaspoon baking powder; 1/2 teaspoon baking soda; 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon; 1 large apple (Rome Beauty); 1/2 cup raisins; 2 tablespoons ground cinnamon; 1/2 cup sugar; 2 tablespoons sweet butter or 2 tablespoons margarine

Submitted by Judith N.

"Yummy cake-like texture to these squares sort of makes you think of coffee cake. Recipe souce, The Apple Cookbook"."

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Ready In:: 55mins
Ingredients:: 14
Yields:: 16 squares

ingredients

¹⁄₂ cup sweet butter or 1/2 cup margarine
³⁄₄ cup brown sugar
2 large eggs
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
¹⁄₃ cup whole wheat flour
²⁄₃ cup presifted all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
¹⁄₂ teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 large apple (Rome Beauty)
¹⁄₂ cup raisins
2 tablespoons ground cinnamon
¹⁄₂ cup sugar
2 tablespoons sweet butter or 2 tablespoons margarine

directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees, Grease and flour 8"x8" baking dish.
Melt 1/2 cup butter in a 2 1/2 quart saucepan.
Remove from heat and stir in the brown sugar.
Beat in the eggs, one at a time Add the vanilla extract.
Stir in the whole wheat flour.
Sift in the all-purpose flour, baking powder, baking soda, and 1 1/2 Tsps.
cinnamon.
Stir together.
Peel, core, and dice the apple.
Add to the batter with the raisins and stir to combine.
Pour into the baking dish.
Mix together the remaining 2 Tbls.
cinnamon and the 1/2 cup sugar.
Sprinkle over the top of the batter.
Melt the remaining 2 Tbls.
butter and drizzle over sugar and cinnamon.
Bake in the oven for 30 minutes or until a skewer inserted in the center comes out clean.
Remove and cool in the pan on a wire rack.
When cool, slice into squares.