Easy Apple Pie Bars with Salted Caramel Sauce (Paleo, Vegan)

5 from 6 votes

Easy Apple Pie Bars with Salted Caramel Sauce (Paleo, Vegan)

Delicious and easy apple pie bars drizzled with the most wonderful paleo and vegan salted caramel sauce. They are guaranteed to be your favorite Fall treat!

Prep Time5

Cook Time50

Cooling tim15

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: paleo apple dessert, paleo apple pie bars, paleo caramel sauce, paleo fall dessert, paleo salted caramel sauce, vegan apple desserts, vegan apple pie bars, vegan fall dessert, vegan salted caramel sauce

Servings: servings

Calories: 216kcal

Ingredients

Crust/Crumble

2½ cups almond flour
1/4 cup coconut oil melted
3 tbsp maple syrup
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/4 tsp sea salt
1/4 cup chopped pecans or walnuts

Apple Pie Filling

2½ cups chopped apples
3 tbsp coconut sugar
1 tbsp arrowroot starch
2 tsp apple cider vinegar
1 tsp cinnamon

Salted Caramel Sauce

1/4 cup almond butter or cashew butter
3 tbsp maple syrup
3 tbsp coconut oil
1/2 tsp sea salt

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and line an 8x8 square baking dish with parchment so the 2 ends hang off the sides. Grease the areas where the parchment paper isn't covering.
In a large bowl, combine all ingredients for the crust/crumble EXCEPT chopped walnuts. Mix until it forms a dough when you pinch with your fingers.
Scoop out 1/3 cup of the mixture and add to another bowl and mix with chopped pecans. Set aside. This is your crumble layer.
Pour the crust mixture into the prepared baking dish and press tightly and evenly into the bottom of the pan. Bake for 10 minutes.
Remove from the oven and make the filling while the crust is cooling for a bit. Combine all ingredients for the apple pie filling in a bowl and stir until evenly coated.
Pour the apple pie filling over the baked crust, then evenly sprinkle the pecan crumble layer.
Bake for 30-35 minutes until the apples are soft and the crumble layer is gold brown.
Remove from the oven and cool for 15 minutes while you make the salted caramel sauce. Heat all ingredients for the sauce in small saucepan over medium heat. Stir occasionally for about 5 minutes until combined and thickened.
Remove the apple pie bars from the pan by using the 2 parchment flaps hanging off the sides.
Cut into 16 squares, and drizzle with salted caramel sauce before enjoying.
Store in the refrigerator in an airtight container for up to 5 days.

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