IsaChandra wrote:

superherogirl wrote:

mmmmmmm

again, when do the rest of us get to start testing?? IIIIIIIIISA!!!

You're in!

Is that all you have to do to become a tester?  Beg and plead?

Sheesh, if I knew that, I would have started groveling a long time ago...

element wrote:

Ijustdiedinside wrote:

bothering wrote:

it looks like heaven turned into a bar. a food one.

i know!  it's all the flavors you know should go together, but no one ever did it before! 

its really hard for me to not eat one for breakfast right now.

Do it!  You're in another state.  It doesn't count.

ha.  already did!  thanks for the support though.

wow!!!  i can't wait to make these.  post them, please!  better yet, add recipe posting to idji's daily chores!  make her earn her keep!

recipeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

For the crust:
3 cups graham cracker crumbs
1/3 cup oil *or" melted earth balance, cooled
3 tablespoons plain soy milk
1 teaspoon vanilla

For the apple layer:
3 lbs granny smith apples (about 6), peeled and thinly sliced
1 tblspn canola oil
1/3 cup sugar
1/3 cup cold water (or apple cider or apple juice if you've got it)
3 tablespoons all-purp flour
pinch each: cinnamon, ginger, allspice

For the crumb topping:
1/2 cup flour
3 tablespoons sugar
2 to 3 tablespoons canola oil
pinch each: cinnamon, ginger, allspice

For the peanut butter caramel:
2/3 cup chunky peanut butter (the no stir kind* - not the kind that separates)
1/4 cup pure maple syrup
3 tablespoons brown rice syrup

Preheat oven to 350 F and do all your prepping. Grease a 13x9 metal baking pan.

Place graham cracker crumbs into a mixing bowl. Drizzle with the oil mix until moistened. Add the soy milk and mix with your fingers, the crumbs should hold together if pinched. Press the crumbs firmly into the prepared baking pan to form a crust. Bake for 10 minutes.

Prepare the apples:
In a heavy bottomed skillet over medium heat, saute the apples in the oil until they are tender, about 10 minutes. Mix together the flour and water. Add the sugar and flour/water mixture along with the spices. Lower heat and gently heat for 3 more minutes, until thickened.

Prepare the topping:
Place the flour, sugar and spices in a mixing bowl. Drizzle 2 tablespoons of oil into the flour and mix with your finger tips until crumbs start to form. Keep tossing the mixture with your fingers, you want the crumbs to get fairly large for crumbs. Add more oil if necessary.

Once all those components are ready, assemble the bars. Spoon the apples over the crust and distribute as evenly as possible. Be gentle, make sure you are sporking and not spreading, you don't want to break up the crust. Sprinkle the crumb topping over the top. It won't cover the entire thing, just place it randomly over the top so that the apples are peeking through in places.

Return to oven and bake for 25 more minutes. When it is almost done (about 5 minutes) start preparing the peanut butter caramel.

For the peanut butter caramel:
Mix all ingredients very well in a small sauce pan. Heat over medium for about 3 minutes. It should soften and drop from a spatula in ribbons.

When the bars are done baking, drizzle caramel all over the place. Let cool completely. We put it in the window to cool and then placed it in the fridge until cold.

AHHHHHH I"M SO EXCITED. . . and i just can't hide it.

thanks for the recipe.  you two are culinary geniuses. .. genuii?

element wrote:

IsaChandra wrote:

superherogirl wrote:

mmmmmmm

again, when do the rest of us get to start testing?? IIIIIIIIISA!!!

You're in!

Is that all you have to do to become a tester?  Beg and plead?

Sheesh, if I knew that, I would have started groveling a long time ago...

I guess that is what you have to do, I was told i'd be in the second testers batch but  haven't been able to test yet... let the groveling begin.

Anyway those look really really awesome, I need to make them.

That caramel sauce looks amazing...

can I use a glass baking pan?

Yes, that's what I want to know. What does one have to do to become a tester.

How about an oats crust?  Something to avoid trying to find and buying graham crackers. : )

Is this gonna be in the cookerbooker? because I nominate it.

And thanks for undoing all the salad recipes and their effects.