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    Apple Walnut Cake Bars

    Published: Feb 17, 2017 · Modified: Sep 9, 2018 by Shadi HasanzadeNemati · This post may contain affiliate links .

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    These Apple Walnut Cake Bars are great for paring with an afternoon tea. The fluffy texture and crunchy walnuts are perfect together!

    These Apple Walnut Cake Bars are great for paring with an afternoon tea. The fluffy texture and crunchy walnuts are perfect together!

    Nothing beats the beautiful smell of apples in a cake baking on a cold, rainy day.

    Baking has always been like therapy for me. Whenever I was stressed or under a lot of pressure, I would grab a pan and start baking with my maman. When I moved to Istanbul and settled into the apartment that the school I worked for had provided for us, the most heartbreaking thing wasn't the fact that we didn't have TV or that I had to share the apartment with 4 other people. It was the fact that the kitchen didn't have an oven.

    These Apple Walnut Cake Bars are great for paring with an afternoon tea. The fluffy texture and crunchy walnuts are perfect together!

    Then, later when I had an oven, life was beautiful again and every now and then, especially in fall and winter, I would make my favorite apple crisp or an apple cake. Even if I didn't have the appetite to eat it, just the aroma of freshly baked apple goods would fill the kitchen with such peaceful feeling that I wouldn't change for the world.

    To me, aromas and flavors are more than just senses: they carry memories, feeling, thoughts, things that had happened when those aromas and flavors were in the scene.

    These Apple Walnut Cake Bars are great for paring with an afternoon tea. The fluffy texture and crunchy walnuts are perfect together!

    After years and many recipes, these apple walnut cake bars have become a favorite because of their fluffy texture and flavor - not too sweet, full of apple flavor and walnut crunch!

    I used baking olive oil to make these apple walnut cake bars but you can easily substitute that with vegetable oil. You can adjust the amount of walnuts to suit your preferences. I use ½ cup because it gives just enough crunch without overpowering the flavor.

    These Apple Walnut Cake Bars are great for paring with an afternoon tea. The fluffy texture and crunchy walnuts are perfect together!

    And,as for the apples, go with your favorite. If you like your apple walnut cake bars to have more of a tart flavor, then definitely use granny smith apples. But I can assure you that,  whatever apples you use, these cake bars are going to make you feel so happy!

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    These Apple Walnut Cake Bars are great for paring with an afternoon tea. The fluffy texture and crunchy walnuts are perfect together!

    Apple Walnut Cake Bars

    Shadi HasanzadeNemati
    These Apple Walnut Cake Bars are great for paring with an afternoon tea. The fluffy texture and crunchy walnuts are perfect together!
    5 from 1 vote
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    Prep Time 15 mins
    Cook Time 35 mins
    Total Time 50 mins
    Course Dessert
    Cuisine American
    Servings 6 peple
    Calories 230 kcal

    Ingredients
      

    • 2 eggs
    • 1 teaspoon vanilla
    • ⅔ cup sugar
    • ½ cup olive oil for baking or canola/vegetable oil
    • ⅔ cup yogurt
    • 1 ⅓ cup all purpose flour
    • ½ teaspoon cinnamon
    • 1 ½ teaspoon baking powder
    • 4 apples chopped into small pieces
    • ½ cup chopped walnuts

    Instructions
     

    • Preheat the oven 350 F / 180 C. Line a 9X9 baking pan with parchment paper.
    • in a large bowl, whisk eggs, vanilla and sugar until fluffy and light. Add in oil and yogurt, mix well.
    • Mix in flour, cinnamon and baking powder. Don't over mix.
    • Pour the batter into the baking pan and top it with apples and walnuts. Bake in the oven for 30 - 35 minutes until toothpick inserted into cake comes out with very little crumb.
    • Let cool completely and then cut into bars.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 230kcal
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    1. cakespy

      March 01, 2017 at 4:56 am

      5 stars
      YOMMY. These sound so delicious! Anything in bar form that includes cake in the title is up my alley. Since this recipe features apples, it counts as health food too!

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      • unicornsinthekitchen@gmail.com

        March 01, 2017 at 3:43 pm

        Totally! Especially with walnuts, that's one of my favorite combos!

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