Caramel Apple Cheesecake Bars

Started by Iowa chowhound, August 12, 2013, 10:37:34 PM

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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!
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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


rveal23

Looks as though I missed tons of great food!
* DBS w/ 900watt Mod
* Webber Kettle Grill
* Hybrid Grill

Saber 4

Quote from: rveal23 on August 13, 2013, 10:43:54 PM
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?