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Makes 16 pieces Prep  20 mins Cooking 45 - 50 mins Easy
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Ingredients

450g cooking apples such as Bramley
juice of 1/2 lemon
225g butter, softened
280g golden caster sugar
4 eggs
2tsp vanilla extract
350g self raising flour
2tsp baking powder
Demerara sugar, to sprinkle

Best served warm with clotted cream or vanilla ice cream
  1. Heat oven to 180C/ Fan 160C/ Gas 4. Butter and line a rectangular baking tin (approx 27 x 20cm) with parchment paper. Peel, core and thinly slice the apples, then squeeze the lemon juice over them. Set aside.

  2. Place the butter, caster sugar, eggs, vanilla, flour and baking powder into a large bowl and mix well until smooth. Spread half the mixture into the prepared tin. Arrange half the apples over the top of the mixture, then repeat the layers. Sprinkle over the Demerera sugar

  3. Bake for 45- 50 mins until golden and springy to the touch. Leave to cool for 10 mins, then turn out of tin and remove paper. Cut into bars or squares.

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