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Cookin with Jenni

Apple Pie Cheesecake Bars

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Ingredients

Shortbread crust

  • 200 g all-purpose flour
  • 100 g cold unsalted butter, cubed
  • 50 g granulated sugar
  • 1 Pinch salt

Rolled Oat Crumble Topping

  • 80 g rolled oats
  • 50 g all-purpose flour
  • 60 g brown sugar
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 1 Pinch salt
  • 70 g cold butter, cubed

For the cream cheese filling

  • 300 g cream cheese
  • 100 g Greek yogurt
  • 90 g sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 tsp vanilla
  • 2 tsp cornstarch

For the apple filling

  • 3 apples (medium, peeled, cored, and chopped or thinly sliced)
  • 30 g sugar
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 1 tsp lemon juice
  • 2 tsp corn starch

Directions

  1. 1

    Preheat oven: 180°C. Grease and line your pan with parchment paper. 10-inch square pan

  2. 2

    Make crust: Mix flour, sugar and salt.

  3. 3

    Make crust: Cut in cold butter until mixture is crumbly.

  4. 4

    Make crust: Press the crust mixture evenly into the bottom of the prepared pan, forming a firm base

  5. 5

    Make crust: Bake at 180°C for 10 minutes

  6. 6

    Prepare cream cheese layer: Beat cream cheese and yogurt until smooth.

  7. 7

    Prepare cream cheese layer: Add sugar, vanilla, add the eggs one at a time and beat until creamy.

  8. 8

    Prepare cream cheese layer: Spread evenly over the crust.

  9. 9

    Prepare apple filling: Toss apples with sugar, cinnamon, and lemon juice.

  10. 10

    Prepare apple filling: Spread apples evenly over the cream cheese layer.

  11. 11

    Add crumb topping: Mix the oats, flour, sugar, cinnamon, and salt. Rub in the cold butter with your fingers until the mixture forms chunky crumbs. Sprinkle evenly over the apples before baking.

  12. 12

    Bake: 40-45 minutes, until the top is golden and the cream cheese is set.

  13. 13

    Cool & slice: Let it cool completely (even refrigerate 1-2 hours for cleaner slices) before cutting into bars.