Description
These apple cheesecake snack bars are rich and delicious with a crumbly streusel topping. My family devours the entire pan every time I make them.
Ingredients
- 1 teaspoon butter, or as needed
- 1 ½ cups graham cracker crumbs, or more as needed
- ⅓ cup butter, melted
- 2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, at room temperature
- ½ cup white sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3 Granny Smith apples – peeled, cored, and diced
- 2 tablespoons white sugar
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- ¼ teaspoon ground allspice
- ½ cup brown sugar
- ½ cup all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon finely chopped walnuts, or to taste (Optional)
- ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ¼ cup butter, cut into small pieces
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly butter a 9×13-inch baking pan.
- Mix graham cracker crumbs and melted butter together in a bowl until crumbly
- adding more crumbs if mixture is too wet. Press crust into the prepared baking pan.
- Bake in the preheated oven until golden and set
- 7 to 8 minutes. Remove from the oven and set aside.
- Beat cream cheese and 1/2 cup sugar using an electric mixer in a large bowl until smooth. Add eggs
- one at a time
- beating after each addition. Beat in vanilla extract on low speed until mixture is blended. Pour filling over warm crust.
- Stir apples
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- cinnamon
- nutmeg
- and allspice together in a separate bowl; spoon evenly over filling.
- Mix brown sugar
- flour
- walnuts
- and cinnamon for streusel together in a bowl. Mix or cut butter into walnut mixture using your fingers or a knife until crumbly. Sprinkle over apple layer.
- Bake in the preheated oven until cheese filling is set
- 30 to 35 minutes.
- Remove from the oven and let cool completely
- about 30 minutes. Cut into small squares and refrigerate until ready to serve.
Prep Time: 30 mins
Cook Time: 40 mins
Total Time: 1 hr 40 mins
Servings: 24