These Apple Streusel Bars are a great treat to satisfy those sweet cravings. This quick and easy dessert recipe takes less than an hour to from start to finish. Your friends and family will be impressed with the fresh apple taste, like a homemade apple pie. They have a simple shortbread crust, gooey cinnamon apple center, and a crunchy pecan streusel on top. They are classic comfort food that will bring a smile to your face on a cool fall day.

We are closer and closer to fall weather. The evenings are already feeling a bit chilly here. I think I’ve said it many times before, I am not a fan of cooler weather. And winter, you can have it.

I do, however, love fall baking. The smell of apples and cinnamon baking is pure comfort. You can often find me whipping up apple spice cupcakes, apple cinnamon scones, or caramel apple pecan streusel pie as soon as the weather cools down.

Apple pie is one of my top favorite desserts. It’s actually the very first pie I learned to make. Every year I would bake one for my mom as soon as the weather turned cool.

She and I are just alike in the fact that we suffer from wintertime blues and we both favor apple pie. What better way to cheer her up than with her favorite dessert. Hi, mom! Continue reading…