Apple Cheesecake Bars
Recommended varieties: Zestar, E2, Cortland, Haralson, Ace
Ingredients:

2 cups	Flour
1/2 cup	Packed brown sugar
3/4 cup	Cold butter, cubed
2	8 oz. blocks cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup	Sugar
1 tsp	Vanilla
2	Eggs, lightly beaten
3	Medium apples, peeled & finely chopped
2 Tbsps	Sugar
1/2 tsp	Cinnamon
1/4 tsp	Ground nutmeg

Streusel Topping Ingredients:

3/4 cup	Flour
3/4 cup	Packed brown sugar
1/2 cup	Oatmeal
1/3 cup	Cold butter, cubed

Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350 and grease a 9x13 pan. Combine flour and brown sugar in a bowl and cut in butter until crumbly. Press mixture into the pan and bake for 15-18 minutes until lightly browned.
2. While crust is baking, beat cream cheese, 1/2 cup sugar and vanilla until smooth. Add eggs and beat on low until combined. Spread mixture over baked crust.
3. Mix apples with 2 Tbsp sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg. Spoon over cream cheese mixture.
4. Mix the first three ingredients of the streusel topping in a bowl. Cut in butter until crumbly and sprinkle over apples.
5. Bake 30 minutes or until filling is set and the apples have softened. Cool on a wire rack for 1 hour and then refridgerate for at least 2 hours.