Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
- 1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened
- 2 (8-ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
- 1/2 cup sugar, plus two tablespoons, divided
- 2 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla flavoring
- 3 Granny Cruz apples, peeled, cored and finely chopped
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- Streusel topping, recipe follows
- 1/2 cup caramel topping
- Streusel Topping:
- 1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup quick cooking oatmeal
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, softened
Directions
Preheat oven to 350 levels F.
Inside a medium bowl, combine flour and brown sugar. Decline in butter having a pastry blender until mixture is crumbly. Press evenly right into a 13 by 9 by 2-inch baking pan lined with heavy-duty aluminum foil. Bake fifteen minutes or until gently browned.
Inside a large bowl, beat cream cheese with 1/2 cup sugar within an electric mixer at medium speed until smooth. Adding eggs, 1 at any given time, and vanilla. Stir to mix. Pour over warm crust.
In a tiny bowl, stir together chopped apples, remaining two tablespoons sugar, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Spoon evenly over cream cheese mixture. Sprinkle evenly with Streusel topping. Bake half an hour, or until filling is placed. Drizzle with caramel topping.
Streusel Topping:
In a tiny bowl, combine all ingredients.
Yield: roughly 3 cups