I found this recipe from Pinterest and knew I needed to make them the next chance I had. The preparation is pretty long, but everyone loved it! The dessert is pretty rich and can even be cut up into bite-sized little pieces. The key to making a nice presentation to this recipe is lining the baking pan with foil to make for an easy cut when removed from the pan 
I love desserts and can definitely eat them with every meal. These remind me of Caramel Apples with a fraction of the calories (if you only have a little bite!). Definitely a great recipe for a brunch or potluck. Hope you can try and enjoy!
Caramel Apple Cheesecake Bars
Adapted from The Girl Who Ate Everything
Ingredients:
Crust:
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened
Cheesecake Filling:
3 (8-ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
3/4 cup sugar
3 large eggs
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Apples:
3 Granny Smith apples, peeled and chopped
2 tablespoons sugar
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
Streusel Topping:
1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 cup quick cooking oats
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, softened
1/2 cup caramel topping
Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
In a medium bowl, combine flour and brown sugar. Cut in butter with a pastry blender (or 2 forks or by hand) until mixture is crumbly. Press evenly into a 9×13 baking pan lined with heavy-duty aluminum foil. Bake 15 minutes or until lightly browned.
In a large bowl, beat cream cheese with 3/4 cup sugar in an electric mixer at medium speed until smooth. Then add eggs, 1 at a time, and vanilla. Stir to combine. Pour over warm crust.
In a small bowl, stir together chopped apples, remaining 2 tablespoons sugar, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Spoon evenly over cream cheese mixture.For the streusel topping:
In a small bowl, combine all ingredients with your hands, prepare to get dirty
Sprinkle Streusel topping over apples. Bake 40-45 minutes, or until filling is set. Drizzle with caramel topping and let cool. Serve cold and enjoy!
Yummy!!!!!!
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Questions for you: What is your favorite kind of food? Have any fun dessert recipes I should try?
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Whaaaaat?! These look amazing! I’m more of a dinner than dessert person, myself, but it seems like a majority of what I blog about is desserts.
Looks amazing! My favorite is the no-bake cookie. I just love those little things!
Oh yeah…….Or the no-bake truffle!!! I think I will share that next week. So tasty, but so deadly!
You are making me hungry.
And my favourite is peanut butter and chocolate chip cookies!!
That sounds delicious!!! I want to figure out how to incorporate a reeses peanut butter cup into the cookie
Why don’t you try Martha Stewart’s recipe for Peanut Butter Surprise Cookies which can be found at: http://www.marthastewart.com/336430/peanut-butter-surprise-cookies.
My family LOVES these cookies!
Maybe you could make a choc chip cookie base and add a Reese’s cup halfway through baking as per recipe above?
Good Luck!
(And thanks for sharing the cheesecake recipe, I am definitely going to make it one day! I’m a cheesecake gal.)
Holy cow! That looks delicious! I will definitely try that recipe for the fall! Thank you so much for sharing!!!
I want to lick my monitor! Yumm! I looooove cheesecake!
I shouldn’t have come here today. Those pictures are soooo unfair for a guy who normally doesn’t go for dessert.
I’m gonna try this one (-:
It’s a great recipe, just allow plenty of time for the prep stuff!
OMG! These bars look amazingly decadent! I have to make them for a special treat
They are very decadent….I should have gone for bite-sized pieces
They will be bite sized when I get to them
lol
That looks seriously amazing. Desserts are my downfall. Cheesecake, in particular, is a huge weakness…
It’s ok to give in once in a while
If you start to wake up in the middle of the night for a little nibble then we have a problem!