Apple Pecan Cream Cheese Bars
Apple Pecan Cream Cheese Bars: A delicious easy to make cheesecake dessert with a cookie like crust, a creamy filling and pops of apple. The bottom layer of these bars have a sweet cookie like crust and lends towards a cheese danish like flavor. Perfect for a Christmas Brunch or a quick and easy holiday dessert. You can’t go wrong with these Semi Homemade Apple Pecan Cream Cheese Bars. Take the bars beyond delicious to incredible by adding homemade Dulce de Leche!
How to Make Apple Pecan Cream Cheese Bars
- FOR THE CRUST:
- Combine the cake mix, pecans, melted butter and egg.
- Press into a 9×13-inch baking dish
- THE FILLING:
- Beat cream cheese until light and fluffy.
- Add eggs, beat to combine.
- Add sugar, beat until smooth.
- Stir in the apples, pour over cake dough.
- Bake until center is set, cut into squares.
Know Your Apples
- APPLES TO APPLES—Plucking the perfect fruit, either off the tree or even off the grocery store display, can feel like a guessing game. To help you choose which variety best fits your needs, below is a break down of the top eight apples sold in the U.S.Ambrosia: Crisp and sweet with a light floral note: try in pies and tarts
- Golden Delicious: Crisp and sweet with a lighter texture use in a variety of baked goods
- Honeycrisp: Crisp, sweet and juicy; perfect for making applesauce and eating raw
- Fuji: Crunchy and sweet; eat fresh or use in baking
- Granny Smith: Classic tart flavor, great for pie because if retains its shape
- Cripps Pink/Pink Lady: Sweet and tangy with a firm texture; perfect for poaching
- Red Delicious: Sweet and milk; doesn’t hold up well when cooked, so use fresh
HOW TO MAKE HOMEMADE DULCE DE LECHE
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Apple Pecan Cream Cheese Bars
Yield:
SERVES 24
Quick and easy for last minute entertaining.
Ingredients
For the Crust:
- 1 yellow cake mix
- ½ cup chopped pecans
- ½ cup melted butter
- 1 large egg
For the Topping:
- 1 (8 ounce) cream cheese, softened
- 2 large eggs
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 1 cup Granny Smith apples, peeled and chopped
- Optional garnish: chopped pecans
Instructions
For the Crust:
- Preheat oven to 350°.Spray a 13x9-inch baking dish with nonstick cooking spray.
- Combine the cake mix, pecans, melted butter, and 1 egg, stirring well.
- Press dough into bottom of prepared pan.
For the Topping:
- Beat cream cheese until light and smooth.
- Add eggs; beat until smooth.
- Gradually add powdered sugar, beating until smooth.
- Stir in the apples.
- Spoon over cake mixture.
- Bake for 15 minutes.
- Reduce temperature to 300°.
- Bake for 30 minutes longer, or until the center is set.
- Cool completely cut into squares.
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These look so delicious Sheryl! I love things made with apples…one of my favourite flavours. I pinned this on my apple goodies board! Happy Thanksgiving! Angie xo
These bars look so scrumptious!
I would love to have you share this and/or any other recipe of yours at Wednesday Extravaganza – my Link Party with a special something. There is a pretty nice Giveaway going on this week too. Here is the link:
http://www.hungrylittlegirl.com/1/post/2012/11/wednesday-extravaganza-5-giveaway.html
Can’t wait to see you there!
Pinned it! Looks sooooooo yum-a-licious. Thank you for sharing.
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Apples and pecans are an awesome combination. Thanks for sharing these bars on foodie friday.