Ingredients
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1 cup all-purpose flour
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1 cup walnuts, chopped
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1/2 cup packed light brown sugar
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1/2 cup butter, softened (no substitutions)
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1 tablespoon vanilla extract
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1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
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3 cups all-purpose flour
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1/3 cup sugar
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1/4 teaspoon salt
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1 cup cold butter, cut up (no substitutions)
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3 tablespoons butter (no substitutions)
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3 lbs golden delicious apples, peeled,cored,and cut into 1/2 inch pieces
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3/4 cup dark seedless raisins
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1/2 cup packed light brown sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- Lightly grease 15 x 10 jelly-roll pan.
- Prepare Struesel Topping: in medium bowl, with hand, mix all topping ingredients until mixture comes together.
- Shape into a ball; cover and refrigerate.
- Prepare Shortbread Crust: in large bowl, combine flour, sugar, and salt.
- With pastry blender or 2 knives used scissor-fashion, cut in butter until mixture resembles fine crumbs.
- Sprinkle crumbs evenly in prepared pan.
- With hands, firmly pat crumbs into bottom of pan to form a crust.
- Bake crust 20 to 25 minutes or until lightly browned (crust may crack).
- Meanwhile, prepare Apple Filling: in 12-inch skillet, melt butter over medium heat.
- Add apples, raisins, sugar, and cinnamon, and cook 15 minutes or until apples are tender, stirring occasionally.
- In cup, mix cornstarch and lemon juice; stir into apple mixture until thickened (it will thicken almost immediately).
- Remove skillet from heat.
- Spoon hot apple mixture over warm crust.
- Break struesel topping into 1/2-inch chunks, and scatter over apple mixture.
- Bake 30 minutes or until struesel is golden.
- Cool completely in pan on wire rack.
- When cool, cut lengthwise into 3 strips, then cut each strip crosswise into 6 pieces.
- Use wide metal spatula to lift and serve squares.