Apple Cheesecake Bars
These apple cheesecake bars start off with a shortbread crust then layered with cheesecake filling, cinnamon apples and cinnamon streusel.
Ingredients
For crust
- 2 cups All purpose flour
- 1 cup of salted butter softened at room temperature
- ¼ cup sugar
- ¼ packed brown sugar
For cheesecake filling
- 2 8oz cream cheese softened at room temperature
- 2 eggs
- ½ cup sugar
- 2 tsp of vanilla extract
Apples
- 3 apples peeled, cored and diced
- 2 tbsp sugar
- 1 tsp cinnamon
For the Topping
- ¾ cup old fashioned oats
- ¾ cup all purpose flour
- ½ cup brown sugar
- ½ tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp cinnamon
- 6 tbsp cold salted butter cut into small pieces
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 and grease a 9x13 baking pan with butter or baking spray. Set aside.
- In a standard mixer, add the softened butter, flour, sugar and brown sugar and mix until everything is well combined. Dump the mixture into the prepared baking pan and press down firmly and evenly cover the bottom of the pan. Bake for 15 minutes or until the edges are lightly golden brown. When done, set aside.
- In the same bowl, add the softened cream cheese and sugar and mix until creamy. Add in the eggs and vanilla and mix until combined. Pour the mixture on top of the baked crust and set aside while you work on the apples and streusel.
- In a bowl, toss together the apples, cinnamon and sugar. Evenly distribute the cinnamon apples over the cheesecake filling.
- In a bowl, add the oats, flour, brown sugar, baking powder, cinnamon and cold butter and with a pastry cutter or fork, start working the mixture to form a crumble like texture. Sprinkle the streusel all over the apples and cheesecake mixture evenly then place in the oven and bake for 35-40 mins or until the edges are golden brown. Allow to cool to room temperature then place in the fridge to set for a minimum of 5 hours. (overnight is best)
- Cut into bars and they’re ready to serve! (Depending on the size you want you can cut into 16 or 24 bars.)