Caramel Apple Cheesecake Bars

[Iowa chowhound]

I took these to the smokeout at ten points this past weekend and had alot of people ask for the recipe so here it is...

Caramel Apple Cheesecake Bars

Crust:

2 cups all purpose flour
1/2cup firmly packed brown sugar
1 cup ( 2 sticks butter ) softened

Cheesecake filling:

3 ( 8 ounce ) packages cream cheese softened
3/4 cup sugar, plus 2 tablespoons divided
3 large eggs
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Apples:

3 granny smith apples peeled, cored, and finely chopped
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg

Streusel topping

1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1 cup all purpose flour
1/2 cup quick cooking oats
1/2 cup ( 1 stick) butter, softened

Caramel topping ( I used the ice cream topping )

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

Crust:
In a medium bowl combine flour and brown sugar. Cut in butter with a pastry blender until mixture is crumbly. Press evenly into a 9x13
greased baking pan. Bake 15 minutes or until lightly browned.

Cheescake filling:
In a large bowl, beat cream cheese with 3/4 cup sugar in an electric mixer at medium speed until smooth, then add eggs 1 at a time and then vanilla. Stir to combine and pour over warm crust.

Apples:
In another bowl stir together chopped apples, remaining 2 tablespoons sugar, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Spoon evenly over cream cheese mixture.

Streusel:
Combine the streusel ingredients and spread on top of the apple mixture

Bake 40-45 minutes, or until filling is set. Drizzle with caramel topping and let cool. Serve cold.

[Tenpoint5]

This stuff was really really good!

[Saber 4]

This is an awesome desert, thanks for bringing it to the SO, I'm sure the wife will want to make this for her next quilt guild meeting

[ragweed]

Thanks for posting.  We'll make this for sure!

[beefmann]

sounds really  good

[rveal23]

Looks as though I missed tons of great food!

[Saber 4]

Looks as though I missed tons of great food!

And meeting a whole bunch of good folks, you'll have to start planning a trip east next year.

[Snoopy]

i love apples and cheesecake, gonna have to give it a shot, thanks for posting

[seemore]

thanks chowhound will try it
seemore

[cobra6223]

I tried this at the cookout and it was awesome !! Thanks for recipe, I already copied it off.
Tim

[SiFumar]

Thanks for the recipe! I tasted it also and it was delish!  Copied and plan to make it soon for some company coming in 2 weeks?