Baked Shortbread Apple Dessert Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease 4 12-cup mini-muffin tins.
• Mix apples, water, white sugar, and 1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon together in a saucepan, and bring to a simmer over medium-low heat, stirring occasionally. Simmer until apples are partially cooked, about 5 minutes; remove from heat.
• Combine flour, oats, brown sugar, 1 teaspoon of cinnamon, and nutmeg in a large bowl; cut the butter into the flour mixture with a pastry cutter until the mixture looks like coarse crumbs. Place a heaping tablespoon of the crust mixture into a mini muffin cup, and press it into the cup so that it covers the bottom and pushes up the sides of the cup. Make the crust go all the way to the top of the little muffin cup, and patch any holes with more crust mixture. There will be crust mixture left over. Place about 2 teaspoons of apple filling in the crust. Sprinkle about 1 teaspoon of the remaining crust mixture on the filling.
• Bake in the preheated oven until golden brown, 15 to 20 minutes.

Steps:

• Melt 6 tablesppons of butter in a large skillet over medium heat.
• Add cookie crumbs, 1/2 cup sugar and cinnamon.
• Stir over medium heat for 3 minutes.
• Transfer crumbs to a bowl and set aside.
• Add remaining 2 tbls. butter, the sliced apples, 1 tbls. sugar and lemon juice to skillet.
• Cover and cook over medium heat until apples are tender, about 10 minutes, stirring frequently.
• Heat oven to 375 degrees.
• In a 2 quart casserole dish, layer half of the apples and half of the crumbs.
• Top with remaining apples, crumbs and then the almonds.
• Bake for 25-30 minutes or until crumbs are golden brown.
• Serve warm with vanilla ice cream.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400-degrees F.
• In a food processor blend flour, sugar and salt. Add butter through food tube using on/off turns until coarse meal forms. Drizzle egg yolks over dough and mix until dough forms using on/off turns. DO NOT FORM INTO A BALL.
• Pat 3/4 of the dough into a 8-inch round tart pan (with removable bottom) or an 8-inch round cake pan. Set aside.
• In a large bowl mix apple slices with sugar, flour, cinnamon and nutmeg.
• Turn apple mixture into crust.
• Crumble remaining crust mixture over apples.
• Place pie on baking sheet in oven and bake for 15 minutes.
• Reduce heat to 350-degrees F and bake another 20 minutes or until top is light brown and filling is bubbly.
• Cool at least 30 minutes before serving.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C.)
• Sift four, 1/2 cup sugar and salt into a large bowl. Cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Fold in egg yolks (mixture will be crumbly). Remove 1/4 of mixture, and set aside. Press remainder onto bottom and sides an 8 inch tart shell or pie pan.
• In a large bowl, combine apples, brown sugar, 1 tablespoon flour, cinnamon and nutmeg. Place apples into crust, and sprinkle reserved crumb mixture evenly over top.
• Place pie on a baking sheet, and bake in preheated oven for 15 minutes. Reduce heat to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) and continue baking 20 minutes, or until top is golden brown and filling is bubbling.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300 degrees, with rack in upper third. Sift flour and salt into a bowl; set aside. Put butter into the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Mix on medium-high speed until fluffy, 3 to 5 minutes, scraping down sides of bowl. Gradually add sugar; beat until pale and fluffy, about 2 minutes.
• Reduce speed to low. Add flour mixture all at once; mix until just combined.
• Butter a 10-inch round springform or cake pan. Using plastic wrap, press dough evenly into pan. With plastic on dough, refrigerate 20 minutes.
• Cut dough into 8 wedges with a paring knife. Using a wooden skewer, prick all over at 1/4-inch intervals.
• Bake until golden brown and firm in center, about 1 hour. Transfer pan to a wire rack. Recut shortbread into wedges; let cool completely in pan. Can be stored in an airtight container up to 2 weeks.