Baked Apple Pie Cheesecake - Philadelphia Cream Cheese

Baked Apple Pie Cheesecake - Philadelphia Cream Cheese

Prep Time

30 minutes

Cook Time

1 hours 10 minutes

Total Time

5 hourss 40 minutes

Yields

16

Directions

  1. Cook apples, 1/4 cup sugar and 1/2 tsp. cinnamon in saucepan on medium heat 6 min. or until apples are tender, stirring frequently. Cool
  2. Heat oven to 325°F. Combine graham crumbs, oats, butter, remaining cinnamon and 2 Tbsp. of the remaining sugar; press onto bottom of 9-inch springform pan
  3. Beat cream cheese, vanilla and remaining sugar in medium bowl with mixer until blended. Add eggs, 1 at a time, mixing on low speed after each just until blended
  4. Spread half the apples over crust to within 1/2 inch of edge; cover with cream cheese mixture. Refrigerate the remaining apples until ready to use
  5. Bake cheesecake 1 hour to 1 hour 10 min. or until center is almost set. Run knife around rim of pan to loosen cake; cool before removing rim. Refrigerate cheesecake for 4 hours
  6. Drain the remaining apples just before serving cheesecake. Arrange apples on top of cheesecake as shown in photo

Ingredients

  • 3 ea Granny Smith apples (about 1 lb.), peeled, sliced
  • 1 1/4 cups ea sugar, divided
  • 1 1/2 tsp ea ground cinnamon, divided
  • 1 1/4 cups ea graham cracker crumbs
  • 1/4 cup ea old-fashioned or quick-cooking oats
  • 2 tbsp ea butter, melted
  • 4 pkgs ea (8 oz. each) PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, softened
  • 1 tsp ea vanilla
  • 4 ea eggs