Apple Crisp Cheesecake

Ingredients:

For Cheesecake:

2 cups graham cracker crumbs
1/2 cup butter, melted
1/4 tsp salt
3 - 8 oz cream cheese packages, softened
3 eggs
3/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup sour cream
1 tsp vanilla

For the apply layer:

5 cups peeled and diced apples
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp nutmeg
1/4 tsp ginger
1 Tbsp corn starch

For the topping:

1/2 cup all purpose flour
1/4 cup rolled oats (I used more)
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp nutmeg
1/4 tsp ginger
2/3 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup butter, softened

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350.

In a mixing bowl, combine graham cracker crumbs, melted butter and 1/4 tsp salt together with a fork. Press inside the bottom of a 9 or 10 inch springform pan. Bake for 5 minutes. Remove from oven to cool.

In the bowl of your electric mixer, cream the cream cheese and sugar together until light and fluffy. Add in eggs one at a time. Mix in sour cream and vanilla.

Pour into springform pan, set aside.

In a large bowl, combine peeled, diced apples, brown sugar, spices and corn starch. Carefully layer on top of cheesecake.

Mix all o the topping mix together until mixture resembles a course crumb mixture, and put on top of apple layer.

Bake 1 hour. Turn oven off. Let cheesecake sit in oven or 1 hour.

Refrigerate 4-6 hours or over night.

Drizzle caramel topping over when serving.

Refrigerate 4-6 hours or over night.

Source: bakeaholoicmama.com