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Austrian apple cinnamon bars

Austrian apple cinnamon bars

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Austrian squares: a pastry made with spelt flour, filled with a rum-soaked apple and grape mixture with cinnamon, and topped with dark chocolate and toast…

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Recipe from NikiWiki, Jozeil, CTHOE and 2 other contributors, adapted by Recette de cuisine · · updated on

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These apple-cinnamon squares evoke the classic winter apple pie: a pastry made with whole wheat spelt, a filling of tart apples, grapes soaked in rum, cinnamon, and cloves, and a topping of dark chocolate and toasted hazelnuts.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time1 hr
  • Cook time20 min
  • Resting1 hr 30 min
  • Total2 hr 50 min
  • DifficultyEasy
  • CostBudget
  • Cooking methodfour
  • Estimated cost$30.96 $1.55 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 15, 2026.
  • Vegetarian

Ingredients

20 people

Dough

  • $4.62
  • $0.57
  • $2.77
  • $0.80
  • $5.79
  • $0.56
  • $0.11

Decoration

  • $1.74
  • $0.56
  • $0.56
  • $0.35
  • $0.46
  • $0.61
  • $0.86
  • $0.29

Decoration

  • $0.40
  • $0.01
  • $0.14
  • $7.89
  • $0.46
  • $1.41

Prices from US supermarkets for 16 of 21 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.

Directions

Dough

  1. Scrape the seeds from the vanilla pod and zest the lemon. ≈ 8 min
  2. Sift the flour and mix it with the powdered sugar, vanilla, zest, cinnamon, and salt. ≈ 4 min
  3. Dig a hole, crack the eggs into it, and mix the butter in small pieces with the flour. ≈ 3 min
  4. Quickly knead into a smooth dough, form into a ball, and let it rest in the refrigerator for at least 1 hour, covered.

Decoration

  1. Finely dice the apples and immediately toss them with lemon juice. ≈ 8 min
  2. Melt the butter and mix in the sugar, zest, cinnamon, and cloves.
  3. Add the rum and grapes to the apple mixture, then add the spiced butter, and let it marinate for 30 minutes.

Cooking

  1. Preheat the oven to 180 °C.
  2. Divide the dough into three equal portions. Press two-thirds of each portion into a 5mm-thick circle and place them on two baking sheets lined with parchment paper. ≈ 3 min
  3. Punch down the dough and let it rest for about 7 minutes, until it lightens in color; then let it cool.
  4. Spread the filling to a thickness of about one finger’s width. ≈ 4 min
  5. Roll the remaining third of the dough into thin logs and arrange them in a cross shape on top of the apples. ≈ 10 min
  6. Top the egg with milk, create a golden-brown surface, and sprinkle with apple chips. ≈ 4 min
  7. Continue to cook for another 10 minutes, until it is nicely browned, then let it cool completely.

Decoration

  1. Melt the chocolate with the butter using a double boiler.
  2. Chop the hazelnuts and toast them in a dry frying pan, keeping a close eye on them.
  3. Create chocolate squares by filling a mold, then sprinkle with hazelnuts and let set before cutting into squares.

The bill

Austrian apple cinnamon bars

  • 450 g of whole spelt flour$4.62
  • 150 g of powdered sugar$0.57
  • 300 g of very cold butter$2.77
  • 2 large eggs$0.80
  • 1 vanilla pod (or 1 vanilla sugar packet)$5.79
  • the zest of 2 untreated lemons$0.56
  • 1 teaspoon of cinnamon$0.11
  • 750 g of tart apples, peeled (Topaz, Boskoop, Granny Smith)$1.74
  • lemon juice$0.56
  • a squeeze of lemon$0.56
  • 100 g of whole cane sugar$0.35
  • 50 g of butter$0.46
  • 80 grams of grapes$0.61
  • 3 tablespoons of rum (optional)$0.86
  • cinnamon and nutmeg powder$0.29
  • 1 egg$0.40
  • 1 tablespoon of milk$0.01
  • 60 g of apple chips$0.14
  • 300 g of 70% dark chocolate$7.89
  • 50 g of butter$0.46
  • 80 g of hazelnuts$1.41

Total$30.96

that's $1.55 per person

Estimated price; varies by store.

Equipment

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Before you start

Ingredients

  • 450 g of whole spelt flour
  • 150 g of powdered sugar
  • 300 g of very cold butter
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 vanilla pod (or 1 vanilla sugar packet)
  • the zest of 2 untreated lemons
  • 1 teaspoon of cinnamon
  • A pinch of salt
  • 750 g of tart apples, peeled (Topaz, Boskoop, Granny Smith)
  • lemon juice
  • a squeeze of lemon
  • 100 g of whole cane sugar
  • 50 g of butter
  • 80 grams of grapes
  • 3 tablespoons of rum (optional)
  • cinnamon and nutmeg powder
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tablespoon of milk
  • 60 g of apple chips
  • 300 g of 70% dark chocolate
  • 50 g of butter
  • 80 g of hazelnuts

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