Buttery Apple Squares
by RetroRuth | Nov 20, 2020 |

- From Kay Kellogg's Nonfat Dry Milk Recipes

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Crust
2 cups sifted flour
2 tsp salt
1 oz nonfat dry milk
2 cups cornflake crumbs
1 ⅓ cups butter
2 eggs
⅔ cup cold water
Filling
2 ½ quarts apples, pared and sliced
1 ½ cups sugar
¼ cup flour
2 tbsp butter
½ cup confectioner's sugar icing
1Sift together flour, salt, and nonfat dry milk powder; mix with cornflake crumbs
2Cut in butter until the mixture resembles coarse cornmeal. Combine egg and water; add to crumb mixture, stirring only until combined
3Pat half of the dough into an ungreased 13x9 pan. Cover with sliced apples. Combine sugar and flour (and 1 tsp cinnamon, if desired); sprinkle over apples. Dot with butter.
4On a lightly floured board, roll out the other half of the dough to fit the pan. Place over apples.
5Bake in a 375-degree oven for about 30 minutes or until apples are tender.
6While still warm, frosting with confectioners sugar icing. Cut into squares and serve warm or cold.
Ingredients
Crust
2 cups sifted flour
2 tsp salt
1 oz nonfat dry milk
2 cups cornflake crumbs
1 ⅓ cups butter
2 eggs
⅔ cup cold water
Filling
2 ½ quarts apples, pared and sliced
1 ½ cups sugar
¼ cup flour
2 tbsp butter
½ cup confectioner's sugar icing
Directions
1Sift together flour, salt, and nonfat dry milk powder; mix with cornflake crumbs
2Cut in butter until the mixture resembles coarse cornmeal. Combine egg and water; add to crumb mixture, stirring only until combined
3Pat half of the dough into an ungreased 13x9 pan. Cover with sliced apples. Combine sugar and flour (and 1 tsp cinnamon, if desired); sprinkle over apples. Dot with butter.
4On a lightly floured board, roll out the other half of the dough to fit the pan. Place over apples.
5Bake in a 375-degree oven for about 30 minutes or until apples are tender.
6While still warm, frosting with confectioners sugar icing. Cut into squares and serve warm or cold.