Caramel Apple Cheesecake Bars (Paula Dee
Source of Recipe
BBR
Recipe Introduction
Posted by: gratefulservant_AZ
List of Ingredients
Base layer:
2 c. all purpose flour
1/2 c. firmly packed brown sugar
1 c. (2 sticks) butter, softened
Cheesecake layer:
2 (8 oz. each) pkg. cream cheese, softened
1/2 c. sugar plus 2 T. sugar, divided
2 large eggs
1 t. vanilla extract
Apple layer:
3 Granny Smith apples, peeled, cored, and finely chopped
1/2 t. ground cinnamon
1/4 t. ground nutmeg
Streusel Topping:
1 c. firmly packed brown sugar
1 c. all purpose flour
1/2 c. quick cooking oats (used old fashioned oats)
1/2 c. (1 stick) butter, softened
Caramel Topping:
1/2 c. caramel ice cream topping (I used Hersheys as that was the only kind the store had)
Recipe
Preheat oven to 350. In medium bowl, combine flour and brown sugar from base layer ingredients with 2 sticks butter. Cut with pastry cutter until crumbly; press into bottom and sides of a 9 x 13 pan. I used a glass pan, so just used nonstick spray. Recipe calls for metal pan and lining pan with heavy duty foil. Bake at 350 for 15 minutes or until lightly browned. In the meantime, beat cream cheese at medium speed until softened. Add eggs and vanilla, and 1/2 c. sugar. You are supposed to add the eggs one at a time,
but I added them all at once since I just noticed it. Blend well. Pour over warm crust. In a small bowl, stir together chopped apples, remaining 2 T. sugar, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Spoon evenly over cream cheese mixture. For streusel topping combine the streusel ingredients and cut in butter with pastry blender until crumbly. Spoon over
apple topping. Bake at 350 for 30 minutes. Remove from oven. Drizzle with caramel topping. Let cool (and once cool store in refrigerator
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