How to Make Appetizing Caramel Apple Cheesecake Crumble Bars

Caramel Apple Cheesecake Crumble Bars. I've made other apple cheesecake bars, caramel apple bars, caramel apple pie, apple crumbles, apple cakes, apple bread and more. But there's never been anything quite like these caramel apple cheesecake bars. Between the rich flavors of salted caramel, apples, and cinnamon to a tempting layer of cream cheese and chunky oat crumbles, they'll be your.

These Caramel Apple Crumble Cheesecake Bars are a combination of apple cobbler, caramel apples, & cheesecake - and they are out of this world delicious! I am the worst at naming recipes creatively. I wish that I could name recipes these really cool creative names, but I guess I'm just too literal for that. You can have Caramel Apple Cheesecake Crumble Bars using 16 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Caramel Apple Cheesecake Crumble Bars

1. You need of all-purpose flour.
2. You need of light brown sugar, packed.
3. It's of butter.
4. You need of cream cheese, softened.
5. Prepare of large egg.
6. It's of granulated sugar.
7. You need of vanilla extract.
8. Prepare of small diced apples, gala, peeled and cored.
9. You need of granulated sugar.
10. You need of ground cinnamon.
11. It's of ground nutmeg.
12. It's of light brown sugar.
13. You need of all-purpose flour.
14. It's of old fashioned whole rolled oats.
15. Prepare of caramel sauce, for drizzling.
16. It's of butter.

In a small bowl, combine flour and brown sugar; cut in butter until crumbly. These Caramel Apple Crumble Cheesecake Bars have loads of crumble. I used the same crumble mixture to make both the bottom crust and the topping. In the oven, the brown sugar and butter melt together and the crust gets all caramelized and wonderful.

Caramel Apple Cheesecake Crumble Bars instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Line 8 inch square pan with aluminum foil and spray with cooking spray.
2. Crust - In large bowl add flour, brown sugar, and cut in the butter with two forks. Keep working until mixture is combined and pea-sized crumbly bits are present..
3. Turn mixture out into prepared pan, hard packing it with your fingertips in an even, smooth, flat layer to form a crust. Bake for 14 - 15 minutes, or just until set. Remove form oven, set aside..
4. Cheesecake - In a large bowl add all ingredients and beat with a hand mixer until smooth and combined about 2 minutes on high power, set aside.
5. Apples - Peel, core and dice apples and place in a medium bowl. Sprinkle with sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg and toss well to combine, set aside..
6. Crumble - In a medium bowl, add the flour, brown sugar, oats, and cut in th ebutter with two forks. Keep working until mixture is combined and pea-sized crumbly bits are present..
7. Pour cheesecake mixture over the baked and cooled crust, smoothing the top lightly with a spatula..
8. Lightly and evenly sprinkle the apples on top of cheesecake layer..
9. Evenly sprinkle with the crumble mixture..
10. Bake fro 45 - 50 minutes or until crumble topping is just set and very lightly golden browned. Place pan on a wire rack to cool for about 30 min..
11. Caramel Topping - After 30 min., evenly drizzle with caramel sauce. Allow bars to cool, in pan, on wire rack for at least 4 hours, or overnight. Cover with foil if cooling overnight. Don't slice bars to early, they need to set. Prior to slicing, lift bars out using foil overhang, slice, and serve..
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Spoon evenly over cream cheese mixture. Streusel Topping Spread the filling over the graham cracker crust, then layer the apple slices on top. Sprinkle the topping mix evenly over the apple layer.. These are a tried and true cheesecake bar dessert recipe. Make crust: In a large bowl, whisk together flour, brown sugar, cinnamon and salt.