Categories: Desserts, Usenet 
      Yield: 12 servings 
  
      2 c  White flour, unbleached 
      2 c  Brown sugar, firmly packed 
    1/2 c  Butter (or margarine) 
      1 c  Chopped nuts (optional) 
      2 ts Cinnamon (or less) 
      1 ts Soda 
    1/2 ts Salt 
      1 c  Sour cream (or yogurt) 
      1 ts Vanilla extract 
      1    Egg 
      2 c  Apples, peeled and 
           -finely chopped 
           -(about 2 apples) 
  
  Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.  In a large bowl, combine the flour, brown 
  sugar and margarine.  Blend at low speed, until the mixture forms fine 
  crumbs. If you want to include them, stir in the nuts now. Place about 2 
  3/4 cups of the crumb mixture into an ungreased pan, about 13 x 9 inches. 
  Press down firmly. 
   
  Add the remaining ingredients (except for the apples) to the remaining 
  crumb mixture. Blend well. Stir the chopped apples into the batter. Spoon 
  the batter evenly over the crumb base in the pan. Bake at 350 degrees F. 
  for 30-40 minutes. If you use the larger pan, bake for 25-30 minutes. Cool 
  before cutting.  Better yet, let it wait 24 hours before cutting.  Store 
  loosely covered. 
   
  NOTES: 
   
  *  Sugary, moist apple squares -- Try to avoid eating very many of these 
  squares on the day you make them, as they improve immeasurably on the 
  second and third day! This recipe originally came from a Pillsbury 
  bake-off. Yield: Makes 12-15 squares. 
   
  : Difficulty:  easy. 
  : Time:  15 minutes preparation, 40 minutes baking. 
  : Precision:  approximate measurement OK. 
   
  : Joel Margolese 
  : Apollo Computer, Chelmsford, Massachusetts, USA 
  : {attunix,uw-beaver,decvax!wanginst}!apollo!joelm 
  : apollo!joelm@mit-eddie.arpa 
   
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