Apple Crisp Cheesecake

Brown Sugar Apple Crisp

Most recipes call for all granulated sugar or 1/2 granulated and 1/2 brown. While these recipes are sweet, they lack the depth of flavor that all brown sugar adds. And after you try this apple crisp, you will definitely understand what I mean! I used light brown sugar, but you can definitely use dark brown sugar as well. If you don’t happen to have any brown sugar on hand, you can always make your own!

Homemade Brown Sugar

For light brown sugar add 1-2 tablespoons of molasses to 1 cup of granulated sugar. For dark brown sugar add 3-4 tablespoons to 1 cup of granulated sugar. I like to mix up a big batch in my food processor but you can also mix by hand if you prefer.

Ingredients

Apple Mixture

▢2 Granny Smith apples, peeled and diced into small cubes▢2 teaspoons McCormick Cinnamon, ground▢2 teaspoons all-purpose flour

Cheesecake Filling

▢2 (8 oz) packages of cream cheese▢2 teaspoons McCormick Pure Vanilla Extract▢2 large eggs, room temperature▢1/2 cup (100g) granulated sugar

Crumb Topping

▢1/2 cup all purpose flour▢1 teaspoon McCormick Apple Pie Spice▢1/2 cup (1 stick or 113g) cold butter▢2 teaspoons brown sugar▢1 prepared pie crust

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350°F.

Place your prepared pie crust into a 7-inch pie pan.  Place in oven for 10 minutes.  Remove to cooling rack.

Apple Mixture

Peel and dice apple into small 1/4" cubes.  

Add apple to a medium bowl an toss with cinnamon and flour.  Set aside.

Cream Cheese Filling

In another bowl, beat together cream cheese, vanilla, eggs, and sugar.  Set aside.

Crumb Topping

In a third bowl, combine flour, apple pie spice, cold butter and brown sugar.  Combine until all ingredients are incorporated and butter chunks are roughly the size of a pea.

Pie

Once the pie crust has cooled, add the cream cheese mixture in an even layer.  Place apple mixture on top.  Finish with a final layer of crumb coating.

Bake for 45-50 minutes.