Easy Apple Squares (Cake Bars)

Easy Apple Squares (Cake Bars)

Super moist and easy-to-make apple squares. Made with cinnamon, brown sugar, these delicious cake bars are very moist, thanks to the vegetable oil and the plain Greek yogurt. And they get even moister after the first day! The apple squares are pretty much an apple cake sliced into imperfect squares.

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Keyword apple cake bars, apple squares

Prep Time 15 minutes

Cook Time 1 hour

Total Time 1 hour 15 minutes

Servings people

Calories 262kcal

Author Julia

Ingredients

3 apples peeled, cored, and chopped into small square chunks
1 teaspoon cinnamon
4 tablespoons brown sugar
1 ¼ cups all-purpose flour sifted
1 teaspoon baking powder
⅛ teaspoon salt
1 cup white sugar
⅓ cup vegetable oil
⅓ cup Greek yogurt
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 eggs

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 9×9 square pan.
In a medium bowl, toss chopped apples with cinnamon and brown sugar.
In a mixing bowl, combine together 1 and ¼ cups flour, 1 teaspoon baking powder, and ⅛ teaspoon salt.
In a separate bowl, whisk together 1 cup of white sugar, vegetable oil, yogurt, and vanilla until very smooth. Add eggs and whisk until smooth.
Add dry ingredients (flour mixture) into wet ingredients and mix until just combined.
Pour half of the batter into the greased pan, top with half of the apples, then pour the remaining half of the batter on top of the apple layer. Top with the remaining half of apples.
Bake the cake for about 45 minutes or 1 hour - until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
Dust with powdered sugar before serving.

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