These gluten free caramel apple cheesecake bars are so these have a crunchy, no bait crust, kind of like it’s a graham cracker nilla wafer crust with a creamy cheesecake full of cinnamon apples and topped with a crumble.This is an epic dessert.It’s a little bit involved ’cause there’s a few different steps, a lot of different ingredients, but everything is worth it.I have shared many fruits lover recipes thats are highly demanding
Secret to Making Caramel Apple Cheesecake Bars
- Whether it’s no bake or baked cheesecake, or just a filling or whatever it is, the secret is to make sure that it’s room temperature.
- All of your cheesecake ingredients.The eggs, if there’s sour cream in the recipe, cream cheese,all of it needs to be room temperature so you don’t have any lumps in that cheesecake mixture.
- These apples, we toss them with cinnamon sugar,and mix that into that cheesecake mixture,spread it all on top of that crust,and then you could stop there.
- But why crumble topping is epic and delicious.So make a simple couple topping,just a sprinkle all over the top.- The topping is one cup of packed brown sugar with a half of a cup of unsalted butter that’s been softened.
- One cup of all-purpose flour and a half of a cup of quick cooking – Oats.
- Bake those up, let them completely cool, chill them for a while, cut them and then eat the entire pan in one sitting.
- I won’t judge you. You will see how delicious these are,that thick, crunchy crust, the creamy caramel apple cheesecake bars with the sweet apples, and that crunchy sweet crumble on top.
Ingredients You Need Caramel Apple Cheesecake Bars:
| Crust | Cheesecake Filling | Apple Layer | Crumble Topping |
| 2 cups all-purpose flour | 16 oz (2 blocks) cream cheese, softened | 2 cups diced apples | 1 cup packed brown sugar |
| ½ tsp salt | ½ cup granulated sugar | 2 tbsp granulated sugar | ½ cup unsalted butter, softened |
| ½ cup granulated sugar | 2 eggs | 1 tsp cinnamon | 1 cup all-purpose flour |
| ½ cup brown sugar | 1 tsp vanilla extract | (Optional: ½ tsp pumpkin pie spice) | ½ cup quick-cooking oats |
| 1 cup unsalted butter, softened | ½ tsp baking powder |
Preparation Steps for Caramel Apple Cheesecake Bars
- Before preheating the oven to 350° grease the pan (9×9) with parchment paper ensure easily remove caramel apple cheesecake bars.
- I used the food processor to combine all the ingredients easily.
- In the bowl of a food processor combine the all-purpose flour brown sugar powdered sugar and
- salt this to combine, and add the softened unsalted butter and vanilla extract.
- this until the dough just about comes together the mixture will look a little bit crumbly transfer the the mixture to the prepared baking pan and press the mixture into the bottom bake
- the crust for 20 to 25 minutes just until it is lightly golden now take it out and let the crust cool completely.
Caramel Apple Filling
- Peel the tart apples then slice them into ¼ inch thickness.
- In a large saucepan over medium heat melt the unsalted butter add the dark brown
- sugar then the ground cinnamon ground nutmeg and salt stir this until the dark brown sugar
- completely melts.
- Add the sliced apples and cook until the apples soften and turn golden brown this will take
- about 8 minutes your whole kitchen will smell irresistible set this aside.
Cheesecake Filling:
- Add the cream cheese and use a hand mixture or a whisk to beat until it is completely smooth.
- Add the sweetened condensed milk and beat it again. Add the eggs, then the vanilla extract and salt, and mix it on medium speed until it is smooth and creamy.
- Gently spread half of the caramel apple filling into the cooled shortbread crust reserve the remaining apple pie filling in the refrigerator.
Prepare the Caramel Sauce:
- In a medium saucepan stir together the granulated sugar light corn syrup and water corn syrup will prevent crystallization and ensure a smooth caramel.
- If you don’t want to use corn syrup you can just substitute it with granulated sugar instead turning the heat to medium-high and cooking it until the sugar reaches an amber color.
- This will be at 330° F it might take about 10 minutes to slowly whisk in the heavy cream and cook this for 1 to 2 minutes until the salted caramel sauce is smooth take off the Heat and stir in the salted butter once the butter is incorporated stir in the vanilla extract and set this aside that’s our caramel apple cheesecake bars are done.
Serving the Caramel Apple Cheesecake Bars:
- let it cool completely and refrigerate it until 4 hours in the fridge when it’s completely
- chilled take it out of the pan.
- Cut it into perfectly even squares using a knife we want to see all these beautiful individual layers.
- That built to get these beautiful layers wipe the knife between each line that you cut top each square with the reserved caramel apple filling and top with a drizzle of salted caramel sauce. Now if you want to go nuts finish this with a sprinkling of crushed peanuts and enjoy delicious caramel apple cheesecake bars.
Storing & Freezing
If you want to store these caramel apple cheesecake bars you can take them in an airtight jar or sealed wrap to keep them fresh. Apple cheesecake bars will stay at least 4 days in the refrigerator.
FAQS
How do you cut cheesecake bars neatly?
That built to get these beautiful layers wipe the knife between each line that you cut top each square.
How long do caramel apples keep?
You can freeze these bars upto 3 months. But wrap aand tightly store and take in freezer.That’s will be fresh.
