Coffee & Dessert: Caramel Apple Cheesecake Bars Recipe

You are going to love indulging with some of these caramel apple cheesecake bars with your morning coffee and you will not be disappointed. These will send you into food heaven.

This recipe is incredibly easy and well worth it. The ingredients you need are:

Crust:

• 2 cups of flour
• 1/2 cup of brown sugar
• 2 sticks of softened butter

Filling:

• 3 packages of cream cheese 
• 1 cup of white sugar
• 1 tsp of vanilla extract
• 3 eggs

Apple mix:

• 3 peeled Granny Smith apples-- diced
• 2 tbsp of white sugar
• 1/2 tsp of cinnamon
• 1/4 tsp of nutmeg

Topping:

• 1 cup of brown sugar
• 1 cup of flour
• 1/2 cup of Quick Oats
• 1 stick of softened butter
• Caramel sauce

Here are the directions for making the best dessert to pair with your fresh ground coffee:

1. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F. 
2. LIne your baking pan (9x13") with foil and overhang on the sides a bit
3. Add flour and brown sugar to a medium sized mixing bowl 
4. Mix in butter with two forks, or use a nice pastry blender, until your mix is nice and crumbly
5. Press the mixture into the prep'd plan
6. Put in the oven for 15-20 minutes
7. Add in your cream cheese, vanilla, and sugar in a large mixing bowl
8. Mix this until it's smooth
9. Add in the eggs, one at a time
10. Pour the mix into the crust
11. Add in your apples, sugar, and cinnamon to a medium sized mixing bowl
12. Coat the apples in the sugar and cinnamon
13. Place apples over the cream cheese mix
14. Add brown sugar, flour, quick oats and soft butter to a medium sized mixing bowl and stir
15. Sprinkle this over your apple layer
16. Bake for 45 minutes to an hour. 
17. Allow to cool overnight in the fridge
18. Drizzle caramel sauce on top
19. Slice
20. Enjoy