Vegan Apple Pie Bars

These Vegan Apple Pie Bars combine the best of two worlds- cookie bars & apple pie! A thick shortbread dough that tastes just like pie is topped with cinnamon sugar apples and a vegan streusel for a melt-in-your-mouth apple cookie bar!

Ingredients:

Vegan Shortbread Crust

½ cup vegan butter room temperature

2 Tablespoons cane sugar

2 Tablespoons brown sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla bean paste or vanilla extract

1 cup all-purpose flour

¼ teaspoon baking powder

⅛ teaspoon salt omit if using salted butter

Apple Filling

2 sweet red apples peeled and thinly sliced

2 Tablespoons sugar

1 Tablespoon cornstarch

½ Tablespoon lemon juice

½ teaspoon cinnamon

½ teaspoon nutmeg

Streusel Topping

½ cup rolled oats

¼ cup brown sugar

¼ cup all-purpose flour

½ teaspoon cinnamon

¼ cup vegan butter cubed and cold