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Apple Cheesecake Bars

This decadent fall Apple Cheesecake Bars dessert can be made year round thanks to a few packaged items paired with fresh whipped cream cheese. This dessert recipe comes together in under an hour.
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 50 minutes
Chilling Time: 2 hours 30 minutes
Total Time 3 hours 10 minutes
Servings 12
Calories 244kcal
Author Katie

Equipment

  • KitchenAid Stand Mixer
  • Stove Top

Ingredients

  • 1 pouch Betty Crocker Oatmeal Cookie Mix
  • 1 stick Cold Unsalted Butter
  • 2 8 oz. Packages of Cream cheese soften at room temperature
  • 2 tablespoons All-purpose flour
  • ½ cup Granulated sugar
  • 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
  • 1 Egg
  • 1 21 oz. Can of Apple Pie Filling
  • ½ teaspoon Ground Cinnamon
  • dash Nutmeg

Instructions

  • Heat oven to 350 degrees. Spray bottom and sides of 13×9 pan with cooking spray.
  • Place cookie mix in large bowl. With pastry blender or fork, cut in butter until mixture is crumbly and coarse. Reserve 1-½ cups crumb mixture; press remaining crumbs in bottom of pan. Bake for 10 minutes. 
  • While the crumbs are baking; in a large bowl, beat cream cheese, sugar, flour, vanilla and egg with an electric mixer on medium speed until smooth. 
  • Spread cream cheese mixture evenly over partially baked crust. Then pour pie filling over the cream cheese mixture, making sure to smooth out the filling so that it evenly covers the cheesecake mixture. Sprinkle with cinnamon and nutmeg, then sprinkle reserve crumbs over the top of the apple pie filling (covering all the filling). 
  • Bake for 35 to 40 minutes longer or until light golden brown. Cool for another 30 minutes then refrigerate to chill for about 2 hours. Cut the bars to desired size. Store covered in the refrigerator up to 3 days. 

Notes

  • Room temperature - Make sure that the cream cheese and egg is at room temperature before mixing.
  • Cool - Let the cheesecake cool completely before cutting into the bars.
  • Fruit - You can use any variety of canned fruit in jelly for this recipe!
  • Nuts - If you like nuts you can add in chopped pecans in the streusel topping before baking.

Nutrition

Serving: 0.5c | Calories: 244kcal | Carbohydrates: 24g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 16g | Saturated Fat: 10g | Cholesterol: 60mg | Sodium: 107mg | Potassium: 61mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 16g | Vitamin A: 585IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 30mg | Iron: 1mg