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Photo: Sweetnicks, Flickr.

These visibly sweet and sticky Glazed Apple Bars reinterpret the traditional apple pie in hand-held form. Crispy and crumbly, they taste delicious savored on their own or indulgently paired with vanilla-bean ice cream and topped with caramel, as blogger Sweetnicks relished them.

And the best part? The recipe uses only pantry staples, requiring but a few apples, flour, butter, vanilla, sugar, salt and cinnamon. So get baking, and celebrate fall with this luscious seasonal recipe.

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If you're ever in the mood for some extra food porn, the Post Punk Kitchen forums have a great section dedicated to it. This particularly mouthwatering photo is of Apple Peanut Butter Caramel Bars, which have a graham cracker crust, cooked apple filling, crumb topping and a layer of caramel. Although I haven't had a chance to try out the recipe myself yet, I suspect that the caramel is really the star of this dessert. Instead of being based on a sugar and butter combination, it is a mix of peanut butter and maple syrup, strong flavors that make a dangerously addictive combination - and a unique one at that. The caramel would also be a great topping for ice cream, if you don't want to make the whole dessert.

As you might suspect from the photo, these are not bars that you can pick up easily and eat out of your hand, as you might with a brownie or a cheesecake bar. They are so loaded up with stuff, the bars should be served sliced and plated, just a like a pie.

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