Apple Walnut Bars - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 cups flour
2 cups brown sugar
1/2 cup butter, at room temperature
1 cup chopped walnuts
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 large egg
1 cup sour cream
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 cups peeled and finely chopped tart apples (about 2 large)

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350\u00b0.
Lightly grease 9 x 13 pan.
Combine 1st 3 ingredients in medium bowl and mix until finely crumbled.
Stir in nuts.
Press 2 cups of mixture evenly into bottom of prepared pan.
Add cinnamon, baking soda and salt to remaining mixture and blend well.
Beat in egg, sour cream and vanilla.
Gently stir in apples.
Spoon evenly into pan.
Bake until cake begins to pull away from sides of pan and tester inserted in center comes out clean, about 35 to 40 minutes.
Let cool completely in pan.
Cut into squares and top with vanilla ice cream.