Salted Caramel Apple Cheesecake Bars
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Salted Caramel Apple Cheesecake Bars is a great fall baking recipe with a shortbread crust, cheesecake filling, and an irresistible streusel topping. The salted caramel drizzle makes these the perfect fall dessert!
Author: Ashley
Recipe type: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Serves: 18
Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- ½ cup packed light brown sugar
- 1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened to room temperature
- Two 8-ounce packages cream cheese, softened to room temperature
- ½ cup sugar, plus 2 tablespoons, divided
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3 Granny Smith apples, peeled, cored and diced
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- ½ cup salted caramel topping
Streusel Topping:
- 1 cup packed light brown sugar
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- ½ cup quick cooking oats (don’t use old-fashioned oats)
- ½ cup (1 stick) butter, softened to room temperature
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- In a medium mixing bowl, combine flour and brown sugar.
- Cut in butter with a pastry blender until mixture is crumbly. Press evenly into a 13 x 9 baking pan lined with heavy-duty aluminum foil.
- Bake 15 minutes or until lightly browned.
- In a large bowl, beat cream cheese with ½ cup sugar in an electric mixer at medium speed until smooth.
- Add the eggs 1 at a time, beating after each addition. Add vanilla. Stir to combine.
- Pour this egg mixture over warm crust.
- In a small bowl, stir together chopped apples, remaining 2 tablespoons sugar, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Spoon evenly over cream cheese mixture.
- Sprinkle evenly with Streusel topping (recipe below).
- Bake 28-30 minutes, or until filling is set. Chill in the refrigerator for a couple of hours to set and make them easier to cut into.
- Drizzle with caramel topping before serving. Enjoy!
Streusel Topping:
- Combine all ingredients in a mixing bowl.
Recipe by Wishes and Dishes at https://wishesndishes.com/salted-caramel-apple-cheesecake-bars/