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Caramel Apple Blondie Cheesecake

December 26, 2014 by Bekah 5 Comments

Happy Holidays, everyone! Who’s looking forward to the new year?!

I’m so excited to share this recipe with you today! For Christmas, I was looking for a dessert recipe that was different and eye catching. And this cheesecake was perfect.  A soft, chewy, and spiced apple blondie under a layer of whiskey salted caramel cheesecake and topped with cinnamon apples in the style of apple pie. So so good. Add some homemade cinnamon whipped cream on top and you have quite the impressive cheesecake. My family really enjoyed it!

The original recipe is on Life Love and Sugar–thanks for the inspiration, Lindsay. You can find it here. I’m also including what I did below because I tweaked it quite a bit.

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Caramel Apple Blondie Cheesecake
 
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Prep time
5 hours
Cook time
30 mins
Total time
5 hours 30 mins
 
Recipe type: Dessert
Serves: 12-16
Ingredients
  • Apple Spice Blondie-
  • 1 stick butter, softened
  • ¼ cup coconut oil, softened
  • 1½ cups brown sugar
  • 3 tsp vanilla extract
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1½ cups all purpose flour
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • ½ tsp pumpkin or apple pie spice
  • ¼ tsp nutmeg
  • ¾ tsp baking powder
  • ¼ tsp baking soda
  • ½ apple, peeled cored and chopped
  • Caramel Cheesecake-
  • 16 oz cream cheese, room temp
  • ½ cup brown sugar
  • ½ cup whiskey salted caramel sauce*
  • ½ tsp pumpkin or apple pie spice
  • 4 oz cool whip
  • Cinnamon Apples-
  • 1½ apples, peeled cored and thinly sliced
  • 2 tsp lemon juice
  • ¼ tsp nutmeg
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 3 TB brown sugar
  • 1 TB butter
  • ½ tsp vanilla extract
  • Cinnamon Whipped Cream-
  • ½ cup heavy whipping cream
  • 2 TB powdered sugar
  • ¼ tsp cinnamon
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and line the bottom of a 9-in springform pan with parchment paper, greasing the sides with butter or spray.
  2. In a small bowl, melt the butter and coconut oil together using the microwave. Transfer to a mixing bowl and add brown sugar. Whisk to combine. Add the vanilla and eggs and whisk until incorporated.
  3. In a separate medium sized bowl, combine dry ingredients. Slowly add dry ingredients to wet ingredients until combined. Fold in small chopped apples.
  4. Pour batter into springform pan and bake for 25-30 minutes, until sides have been browned and the blondie starts to crack in the middle. Allow to cool for about 5 minutes, then remove from pan to finish cooling.
  5. Make the whiskey salted caramel sauce and allow to cool completely.
  6. Once the blondie and caramel are cool, make the cheesecake. Beat cream cheese and brown sugar until smooth. Add about ½ cup of caramel sauce and spice and mix until combined. Fold in Cool Whip.
  7. Place blondie back into the springform pan and spread cheesecake evenly on top of blondie, then put in refrigerator until firm about 4 hours.
  8. To make the cinnamon apples, combine apples, lemon juice, nutmeg, cinnamon and brown sugar in a medium saucepan and toss to coat. Add butter and cook apples on medium-high for about 15-20 minutes, or until soft. Remove from heat and mix in vanilla. Allow apples to cool for 10-15 minutes, then put on top of cheesecake.
  9. To make cinnamon whipped cream, freeze a metal bowl for 10 minutes. Remove bowl from freezer and add heavy whipping cream. Whip on high speed until it begins to thicken or use a whisk to mix by hand. Add powdered sugar and cinnamon and whip until you get stiff peaks.
  10. Pipe whipped cream around edges of cheesecake. Drizzle more caramel sauce over finished cheesecake, if desired.
Notes
*I made Portuguese Girl Cook's Whiskey Salted Caramel Sauce (http://www.portuguesegirlcooks.com/2013/11/apple-galettes-with-whiskey-salted-caramel-sauce/), but you can also either use your favorite caramel recipe or even one from the store to save time.
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Comments

  1. Missie says

    December 31, 2014 at 5:13 pm

    This looks so amazing! I am craving a sweet treat right now and this would be perfect!
    Missie @ A Flurry of Ponderings
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    • Bekah says

      January 1, 2015 at 2:40 am

      Thank you, Missie! Also, congrats on your one year blog anniversary. 🙂

      Reply
  2. Rissi says

    January 12, 2015 at 1:06 pm

    Oh, my! This looked tasty on Instagram, but more pictures = more tasty-looking. 😉 I like that the recipe combines so many different things (cheesecake, blondies, etc.) and will definitely have to try it sometime. Thanks, Bekah!

    Reply
    • Bekah says

      January 12, 2015 at 5:05 pm

      Haha. Thanks a bunch, Rissi! I like recipes that combine desserts too…I’m always salivating over some cake/brownie/cheesecake combination on Pinterest. 😉 Thanks for reading! 🙂

      Reply
  3. David says

    August 8, 2015 at 11:19 pm

    Would really love it if I could find one of these pies made already and buy it

    Reply

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