Apple Streusel Cheesecake Bars

Source: Betty Crocker

I baked again! I get emails from Betty Crocker, and when I got the most recent it has numerous apple recipes. While they all looked really good, this one stuck out and I wanted to make it very soon. So the ingredients got added to our weekly grocery list, and I made it tonight.

Ingredients

• 1 pouch (1lb 1.5oz) Betty Crocker oatmeal cookie mix
• 1/2 cup firm butter or margarine
• 2 pkgs (8oz each) cream cheese, softened
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 2 Tbsp all purpose flour
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1 egg
• 1 can (21oz) apple pie filling
• 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1/4 cup chopped walnuts
  

Preparation

• Heat oven to 350 degrees.
• Spray bottom and sides of 13x9 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 1/2 cups crumb mixture; press remaining crumbs in bottom of pan. Bake 10 minutes.
• Meanwhile, in large bowl, beat cream cheese, sugar, flour, vanilla and egg with electric mixer on medium speed until smooth.
• Spread cream cheese mixture evenly over partially baked crust.
• In medium bowl, mix pie filling and cinnamon.
• Spoon evenly over cream cheese mixture.
• Sprinkle reserved crumbs over top.
• Sprinkle with walnuts.
• Bake 35 to 40 minutes longer or until light golden brown.
• Cool about 30 minutes.
• Refrigerate to chill, about 2 hours.
• For bars, cut into 6 rows by 4 rows. Store covered in refrigerator.

Next Time- The only change I can think of is possibly using more apple filling. The one can didn't seem to go that far when I was spreading it out. The flavor was great, but I wouldn't have minded more apples.