Caramel Apple Cheesecake Bars

Caramel Apple Cheesecake Bars

from stephaniessweets.com
Dessert
505 min
16 servings
420 kcal / serving

These caramel apple cheesecake bars are perfect for fall! They have a graham cracker crust, creamy cheesecake, cinnamon apples, oat cinnamon streusel, and salted caramel!

Ingredients

  • 2 ½ cupsgraham crackers (2 packets crumbled into fine crumbs)
  • ¼ cupbrown sugar (packed light or dark)
  • 10 tbspunsalted butter (melted)
  • 24 ozcream cheese (room temperature)
  • ¾ cupwhite granulated sugar
  • ½ cupsour cream (room temperature)
  • ¼ cupsalted caramel
  • 1 tsppure vanilla extract
  • 3 largeeggs (room temperature)
  • 3 largegala apples (cut into cubes)
  • ¼ cupbrown sugar (packed light or dark)
  • 2 tspground cinnamon
  • ¼ tspground nutmeg
  • ½ cupbrown sugar (packed light or dark)
  • ½ cupall-purpose flour
  • 1 tspground cinnamon
  • ¼ cupquick oats
  • ¼ cupunsalted butter (melted)
  • salted caramel (drizzled on top)

Directions

Graham cracker crust

  1. 1

    Preheat oven to 325°F and spray a 9X9 inch pan with non-stick baking spray. Line the bottom and 2 sides of the pan with parchment paper and spray again.

  2. 2

    Crumble the graham crackers in a food processor/blender until fine crumbs formed. In a small bowl, combine the graham cracker crumbs, brown sugar, and melted butter. Combine with a fork.

  3. 3

    Pour the crust on to the bottom of the pan. Compact it on the bottom of the pan and not on the sides of the pan. Use the back of a measuring cup to compact it down. Keep the crust only on the bottom of the pan. Bake for 12 minutes.

Streusel

  1. 1

    While the crust is baking, make the streusel. In a small bowl, combine brown sugar, flour, cinnamon, quick oats, and melted butter. Mix together with a fork. It should be wet. Place bowl in fridge for the butter to solidify while you prepare the rest of the cheesecake.

Cinnamon apples

  1. 1

    While the crust is baking, prepare the apples. Cut the apples into cubes. Place the apples in a large mixing bowl. Mix in the brown sugar, cinnamon, and nutmeg and stir until all coated.

Cheesecake

  1. 1

    Once the crust is done baking and starting to cool, start the cheesecake. Using a mixer, beat the cream cheese and sugar on high speed for 2 minutes. Scrape the bowl.

  2. 2

    Mix in the sour cream, salted caramel and vanilla and mix on medium for 1 minute. Scrape the bowl. Then, add in the eggs and mix on low. Scrape the bowl.

  3. 3

    Pour cheesecake on top of the crust and smooth with a rubber spatula. Top with the apples and spread them around evenly. Then, add the streusel on top.

  4. 4

    Bake for 50-60 minutes. No water bath needed. The cheesecake is done baking when there is only a slight jiggle in the middle and the edges are set.

  5. 5

    Turn off the oven and prop open the door a little. Then, let it sit for 30 minutes in the oven. Transfer to a cooling rack. Allow to cool completely. Then, cover and chill for at least 6 hours or overnight.

  6. 6

    After the cheesecake bars have cooled for 6 hours or overnight, take them out of the pan. Cut them into bars. Then, drizzle with salted caramel. Serve immediately or store in the fridge.