Apple Cheesecake Bars
These aromatic and delicious cheesecake bars are sure to have you feeling ready for this festive fall season!
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Servings: 15 bars
Equipment
- 9"x13" baking dish
- pastry blender
- food processor
- stand mixer
Ingredients
- 16 oz cream cheese, softened to room temperature 2, 8oz packages
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- 2 apples chopped into small cubes peeling apples is optional
- 2 tbsp granulated sugar
- 1 tsp apple pie spice
Crust
- 15 full graham cracker sheets
- 1/3 cup granulated sugar
- 9 tbsp unsalted butter, melted
- 1/2 tsp apple pie spice
- 1/4 tsp salt
Streusel topping
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 4 tbsp unsalted butter, cold and cut into cubes
- 1/2 cup pecans, chopped
- 1 tsp apple pie spice
- 1/4 tsp salt
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Spray pan with cooking spray and line with parchment paper. Set aside.
Crust
- Place graham cracker sheets in food processor and pulse until they become fine crumbs. Place crumbs in a medium sized bowl and combine with melted butter, apple pie spice and salt. Press into your 9"x13" baking pan (I used the bottom of a measuring cup to do this). Bake for 8 minutes. Bring oven temperature down to 325°F.
Cream cheese filling
- In your stand mixer, combine cream cheese, egg, vanilla extract, sugar, and sour cream. Pour cream cheese mixture over cooled crust.
Apples
- In a small bowl, combine cubed apples with the 2 tbsp of sugar along with 1 tsp of apple pie spice. Sprinkle apples over cream cheese filling.
Crumble topping
- In a large bowl, whisk in brown sugar, flour, salt, and apple pie spice. Add in cubed butter and mix with pastry blender or hand-held mixer until you get nice, chunky crumbles. Sprinkle crumbles over apples, then sprinkle pecans over crumbles.
- Bake for 40-45 minutes at 325°F. Let bars cool to room temperature. Then chill in refrigerator for about 4 hours before removing from pan and cutting.