Impossibly Easy French Apple Dessert Squares

Apples and cinnamon, oh my! 

This is a really close cousin to Dutch apple pie, actually maybe more like a crisp, and  there’s no crust to roll out!  French apple dessert has a buttery crust, and is packed with apples, cinnamon and nutmeg.  

It’s covered with a hard-to-resist crumbly streusel topping of brown sugar and pecans, that is crisp and delicious and sweet. 

My "go-to" apple for desserts is Honeycrisp, use your favorite apple for baking this dessert.  I make it with Splenda instead of granulated sugar, you would never know the difference! 

I used a 9 x 13-inch Pyrex baking dish, making it much easier to cut into squares instead of making in a pie plate and cutting into wedges.  For smaller squares, cut into 15 servings, it’s on the rich side.

You are going to love a helping of this with whipped cream or ice cream, or just on its own!

We've had lots of celebrating here lately:  our 51st anniversary, my birthday and now Mother's Day shortly...

This is a perfect treat for Mom and everyone on Mother's Day!

FRENCH APPLE DESSERT SQUARES

Printable recipe

INGREDIENTS:

STREUSEL:

1 cup original Bisquick mix

½ cup packed brown sugar, or Splenda

¼ cup butter or margarine

¾ cup chopped pecans

 

FRUIT MIXTURE:

6 cups apples (6 medium), sliced and peeled tart (I used Honeycrips)

2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

½ teaspoon ground nutmeg

1 cup original Bisquick mix

1 cup granulated sugar, or Splenda

1 cup milk

2 tablespoons butter, melted

4 eggs, beaten

METHOD:

• 1.  Heat oven to 325°F. Spray a 13 x 9-inch pan or a 9-inch glass pie plate with cooking spray.
• 2.  In small bowl, mix 1/2 cup Bisquick mix, the brown sugar and nuts.
•  3.  Cut in 2 tablespoons butter, using pastry blender (or pulling 2 table knives through ingredients in opposite directions), until crumbly; set aside.
• 4.  In medium bowl, mix apples, cinnamon and nutmeg. Spread in pie plate.
• 5.  In medium bowl, stir remaining ingredients until blended. Pour into pie plate. Sprinkle with streusel.
• 6.  Bake 40 to 45 minutes or until knife inserted in center comes out clean and top is golden brown. Cool 5 minutes.
• 7.  Serve warm, room temperature, or chilled. 
  Store covered in refrigerator.

Enjoy!

 Happy Mother's Day
 to all Moms out there, 
 and to all who have been a 

Mother Figure!