Danish Apple Squares

Ingredients

• 2 1/2 cups  flour
• 1 teaspoon  salt
• 1 cup  shortening
• 1  egg yolk, beaten
• 4-6 tablespoons  milk
• These first five ingredients are for making the crusts.
• 10 medium  apples; peeled, cored and sliced
• 1 cup  sugar
• 1 teaspoon  cinnamon
• 1 tablespoon  cornstarch
• 1  egg white, beaten
• These five ingredients make up the filling.
• 1 cup  powdered sugar
• 1 tablespoon  water
• 1/2 teaspoon  vanilla
• These last three ingredients are the icing.

Instructions

1. FOR CRUST, combine dry ingredients. Put yolk in 2/3 cup measure and add enough milk to fill. Cut shortening into dry ingredients and stir in milk mixture.
2. Divide in half and roll to make crust for 10x15 inch jelly roll pan.
3. FOR FILLING, put apples in crust. Combine sugar, cinnamon and cornstarch; sprinkle over apples. Put on top crust and brush with beaten egg white.
4. Bake at 375F for 55 minutes.
5. Combine icing ingredients and spread over bars while still warm.