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Sunday, October 11, 2009

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.

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