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Gingerbread Bars with Apples

These delicious gingerbread bars are spiced just right for the Holiday Season or any time during the year.

These Gingerbread Bars with Apples certainly have a wonderful"Taste of the Holiday Season," but are delicious served anytime. I can just taste them with a nice cup of coffee, tea, hot chocolate, eggnog, or our wonderful Apple Juice Recipe for Holiday Spiced Apple Juice.

This recipe is a terrifically-easy gingerbread recipe because, although I don't usually share this information, by now I consider you a friend, so I just had to share...it begins with a gingerbread mix. Who wants to spend the month of December looking for a from-scratch gingerbread recipe, when this one will get you out of the kitchen in no time. With the fresh apples added in, plus that nice, crunchy brown-sugar-pecan topping, your finished product is a batch of great-tasting gingerbread bars.

If you'd like, top them with some caramel sauce and/or whipped creambefore serving. It kind of "kicks it up a notch." You'll be proud to serve these...I promise. We'll think about a from-scratch gingerbreadrecipe for next year.

Ingredients

1 (14.5 oz.) gingerbread cake mix

1-1/4 cups water

1 egg

1 cup chopped, peeled apple

1/2 cup chopped pecans

2 tablespoons brown sugar

Method

Preheat oven to 350°F and spray with cooking spray an 11 x 7 x 2 baking pan.

Just a note here, I picked up an aluminum pan that was sized to fit a "cake mix" and it worked just fine.
In a large mixing bowl, beat the cake mix, water and egg together until combined.
Fold in the apples.
Put batter in the prepared pan.
Combine and pecans and brown sugar and sprinkle evenly over the top. This makes a wonderfully-crunchy, sweet topping to bite into.
Bake in your preheated oven for just about 25 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
Cool on a wire rack and serve plain, with caramel sauce and/or whipped cream or whipped topping.

If you love this recipe, please check out Dan's Apple Brownies. They're "the bomb" when it comes to nice, moist brownies.

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