Cheesecake Walnut Caramel Apple Crisp Bars

By vealam

Ingredients

• crust:
• 1 cup flour
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 6 tablespoons butter, unsalted
• pinch of salt
• topping:
• 1/4 cup walnuts, chopped fine
• 5 tablespoons butter
• 3/4 cup oats
• 3/4 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 cup flour
• filling:
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 12 ounces cream cheese, softened
• 1 extra large egg *see note for substitutes
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• apple:
• 2 apples, peeled and sliced
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• caramel and ice cream for serving if desired

Details

Servings 9
Preparation time 15mins
Cooking time 75mins
Adapted from ohsweetbasil.com

Preparation

Step 1

heat the oven to 350 and spray an 8x9" pan with nonstick cooking spray or line with tinfoil.
for the crust
place the flour, brown sugar, salt and butter into a bowl and using a fork or pastry cutter, cut in the butter until it resembles wet sand. press into the pan and bake for 15 minutes and remove from the oven.
for the filling
beat the sugar, cream cheese, vanilla and egg together. pour over the crust.
apples
toss the apples with the sugar and cinnamon. spread over the cream cheese layer.
topping
in a bowl, mix the walnuts, butter, oats, brown sugar and flour. when you squeeze with your hand it should all stick together. crumble over the apples and bake for 40 minutes. allow to cool slightly and refrigerate until ready to serve.

notes:
if you use large eggs just add one and then in a small bowl whisk the second large egg and discard half, using the rest in the recipe.