Apple Cheesecake Bars start with a cake mix for the crust and topping and are filled with cheesecake and apple filling. These are moist delicious bars.
It doesn’t get much better than apples, cinnamon, cheesecake filling, and spice cake crust and topping. If you love apple pies you will fall in love with these apple bars.
The spice cake mix makes the perfect crust and topping for these bars. These bars are moist and taste similar to apple pie, but better. You will love how easy they are to make. I am sure that you will want to make them over and over again.
Helpful tips
- Use the correct apples. Use apples that are firm and can hold up to the baking process
- Slice the apples into thin slices to ensure that they will not be crunchy when the bars are baked.
- I would suggest that you peel the apples for this recipe. Apple peels will be tough if they are left on the apples.
- The ingredients should be at room temperature. The butter should be melted before adding it to the cake mix.
- Store these bars in the refrigerator.
- Yes, these apple bars can be frozen. Freeze them in an airtight container.
(The cinnamon and flour are missing in the second picture).
Ingredients that you will need
- Spice cake mix
- Butter
- Cream
- Pecans
- Cream Cheese
- Sour Cream
- Eggs
- Vanilla
- Apples
- Cinnamon
- Sugar
- Flour
Steps for making apple cheesecake bars
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 9 by 13-inch baking pan.
Steps one, two, and three
Add the cake mix, melted butter, cream, and pecans in a large mixing bowl. Mix until the ingredients are well combined. Press two-thirds of the dough into a prepared pan.
Steps four, five, and six
Beat the cream cheese with an electric mixer before adding any other ingredients. Once the cream cheese is beaten add the sugar and mix in. Add the sour cream and vanilla mix until combined. Add the eggs one at a time and mix until blended.
Steps seven, eight, and nine
Spread the cream cheese filling over top of the crust. Add the chopped apple to a medium bowl and add the sugar, cinnamon, and flour. Toss until the apples are all coated.
Steps nine, ten, and eleven
Top the cream cheese mixture with the apples and cinnamon mixture. Drop the remaining cake mix mixture over top of the apples. Bake in a preheated oven until the bars are lightly browned.
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If you make these apple cheesecake bars, I would love to hear about them! Please leave me a comment and a rating.
Ingredients
Crust and topping
- 1 Spiced cake mix
- 1/2 cup pecans chopped
- 1/2 cup butter melted
- 1/3 cup cream
Cream Cheese Filling
- 16 ounces cream cheese
- 2/3 cup sugar divided
- 1/4 cup sour cream
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 large eggs
Apple Layer
- 2 cups apples chopped
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 2 tablespoons flour
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 9 by 13-inch baking pan and set aside.
- Add the cake mix, melted butter, cream, and pecan to a large bowl. Mix until well combined.
- Press 2/3 of the cake mixture into the bottom of the prepared baking pan. Reserve the other 1/3 of the cake mixture for the top.
- Add the cream cheese to another large bowl and beat with an electic mixer until fluffy about 30 seconds.
- Add the sugar and mix well.
- Add the sour cream and vanilla and beat in.
- Add the eggs one at a time and beat at low speed after each one just until they are combined.
- Pour the mixture over top of the crust in the baking pan.
- Add the chopped apples, sugar, flour, and cinnamon to a medium bowl. Toss until the apples are all coated.
- Spoon the apples evenly over the top of the cream cheese mixture.
- Crumble the remaining cake mixture over top of the apples.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 39 to 44 minutes or until the edge of the cream cheese is set and the edges are lightly browned.
Notes
- Use the correct apple. You want to choose a firm apple such as a Granny Smith or Gala.
- Peel the apples for this recipe.
- Slice the apples into thin slices, so you don’t end up with crunchy bites of apples.
- For this recipe, the ingredients should be at room temperature.
- Store bars in the refrigerator.
- These bars can be frozen. Freeze them in an airtight container.
I come over for the coffee! These bars look fabulous, Dawn,