Makes 12 ­bars

Photo By Kate Lewis

February is baking season and where I am, nothing is in season, so anything goes! But, I ask you: is there a better treat than sliced apples spread with peanut butter"  Not really. But what if you wanted to turn that into a dessert that took much longer" JK. These bars fulfill all your apple peanut butter cravings and then some. An apple pie filling inside a graham cracker crust, with a crumb topping and ribbons of luscious peanut butter ­caramel. The peanut butter caramel is the nicest trick. Not technically caramel, it?s just  few ingredients lightly heated that come out all thick and sweet like caramel, but with no chance to mess it up.

This recipe is from Veganomicon. I will be posting some Veganomicon recipes over the next week, but you can totally buy a copy, too. No one is stopping you!
Recipe Notes

~To make cookie crumbs, just blitz the cookies in a food processor until fine. You can actually use different types of wafery cookies here. Vanilla or speculoos or even peanut butter would be nice!

~For a sweet and salty combo, sprinkle some flake sea salt, like Maldon, over the caramel before it sets. 1/4 teaspoon should do it.

Ingredients

For the Crust:
3 cups graham cracker ­crumbs
1?3 cup refined coconut oil
3 tablespoons unsweetened vegan milk
1 teaspoon vanilla ­extract

For the Crumb Topping:
1?2 cup all-purpose ­flour
3 tablespoons ­sugar
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon gro...