Fresh apricots are tossed with cinnamon sugar and then layered between a brown sugar and oat crust to make these Apricot Crisp Bars.
Prep Time10 minutesmins
Cook Time30 minutesmins
Total Time40 minutesmins
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Servings: 16servings
Calories: 299kcal
Ingredients
4cupschopped apricots
⅔cupsugar
1teaspooncinnamon
1tablespooncornstarch
½teaspoonkosher salt
1teaspoonalmond extract
2cupsall-purpose flour*
1½cupsold fashioned oats
1cuplight brown sugar
1cupbuttermelted
*Gluten-Free Alternative
1⅓ cupsbrown rice flouror oat flour
⅔cuptapioca starch
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 400°F. Place the fruit in a mixing bowl. Add the sugar, cinnamon, salt, cornstarch, and almond extract. Stir to combine and then let the fruit rest on the counter while preparing the crust.
In a separate mixing bowl, stir together the flour, oats, and brown sugar. Add the melted butter and stir to combine. Press half of this mixture into a well-buttered or parchment-lined 9x13 pan. Pour the fruit over the bottom crust and then sprinkle the rest of the dry mixture on top.
Bake for 30-35 minutes, until the crust turns golden brown. Serve warm from the oven or let cool completely and slice into servings. Enjoy!
Notes
I can not sing the praises of parchment paper enough when it comes to recipes like this one. Let the bars cool completely and then simply lift them out of the pan to easily slice them.