Danish Pastry Apple Bars

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 16
• 3 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup heated vegetable oil
• 1 egg yolk
• 1 cup old-fashioned oatmeal
• 8 -10 tart apples, sliced (8 cups)
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 egg

Recipe

• 1 combine flour, salt and shortening.
• 2 beat egg yolks in measuring cup and add milk to make 2/3 cup liquid.
• 3 stir into flour mixture.
• 4 dampen counter top with water then roll out half the dough between wax paper into 17 x 12 inch rectangle; fit into and up side of 15.5 x 10.5 x 1 inch baking pan.
• 5 sprinkle with oatmeal, top with apple, combine sugar and cinnamon then sprinkle on top.
• 6 roll the remaining dough to 15.5 x 10.25; place over apples, seal edges; cut slits in top.
• 7 beat egg until frothy; brush on crust.
• 8 bake in 350 degree oven for 50 minutes.