Caramel-Apple Cheesecake Bars have a buttery crust, a creamy cream cheese filling with fresh apple, and a cinnamon-flavored streusel. To make them even more sweet and decadent, caramel sauce is drizzled on top.
You just can’t beat the combination of caramel and apples. These bars are such a delicious fall dessert! Add a scoop of ice cream and you’ll think you’ve died and gone to heaven!
To make these bars, I used White Lily’s new premium flour. White Lily recently partnered with Shepherd’s Grain of the Pacific Northwest to introduce 3 new premium flour products to the market: a Wheat and Red Grape Seed Blend, Wheat and White Grape Seed Blend, and an all-purpose wheat flour. See the recipe I made with the Red Grape Seed Blend here.
There are so many great things about these new flour blends. The flour feels unlike any other wheat flour. It has a little of that soft and fluffy feel that is so characteristic of the White Lilly All-Purpose flour that has been used in southern kitchens for generations. I think it is unlike any other wheat flour on the market. It doesn’t give baked goods the typical heaviness and grittiness of whole wheat flour. The grape seeds are a by-product of wine making and using them in this flour not only creates a distinctive flavor, but helps reduce our carbon footprint.
The White Grape Seed Blend pairs wonderfully with fruits and citrus and makes a delicious flatbread dough while the Red Grape Seed Blend is amazing with chocolate and gives bread a reddish hue.
White Lily’s new Premium Flours are made in the US and are NON-GMO Project verified. The wheat used in the products has been grown by Shepherd’s Grain farmers who practice sustainable, no-till farming. Earlier this year, I had the privilege of visiting a Shepherd’s Grain farm in Washington to get a first hand look at the wheat being grown for White Lily. (Read about that trip here.)These are farmers who are passionate about the future of farming and doing what’s best for our planet.
Each bag of flour has a code on the back which connects you with the farmers who grew the wheat. Just enter the code at Trace Your Farmer to learn about the farmers who grew the wheat in your bag. Pretty cool huh?
My bag can be traced to Ed & Brenda Wolf and Blake & Kasey Wolf in Uniontown, Washington.
“My grandfather Frank Wolf homesteaded to this area from Wisconsin in the 1920’s. He worked as a carpenter for several years until he was able to buy his first piece of property to start farming. My father Lester and his brother later took over the farming operation from my grandfather. Since then, the ground has been divided amongst the siblings of these two brothers. Today I am part of the third generation to be still farming some of the original homesteaded ground. My son Blake is now the fourth generation to be farming in this operation.”
But maybe the most wonderful thing about this new White Lily flour is the resealable bag it comes in. This bag is so easy to open and close y’all! No more spilling flour all over the kitchen. And when I say resealable I don’t mean one of resealable bags that is so hard to get sealed you don’t even bother. These bags have a velcro-like material at the top that you just have to press together. Couldn’t be easier! I think all food products should be made in these bags.
Learn more about White Lily flour on their website. You can order White Lily Premium Flour Blends from the Smuckers Online Store. It can also be found at many Target stores across the country.
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Caramel-Apple Cheesecake Bars have a buttery crust, a creamy cream cheese filling with fresh apple, and a cinnamon-flavored streusel.
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 1/2 cup packed light brown sugar
- 2 cups White Lily White Grape Seed Blend flour
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 3 (8-ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
- 3 large eggs
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3 large Granny Smith Apples peeled, cored, and diced (to keep them from browning, peel and dice them just before you are ready to use them)
- 1/3 cup granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 cup White Lily White Grape Seed Blend flour
- 3/4 cup packed light brown sugar
- 1/2 cup quick-cooking oats
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup chopped pecans
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- Caramel ice cream topping
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a 9X13-inch pan with aluminum foil or parchment paper, letting excess extend over sides.
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Make crust. In a large bowl, using an electric mixer, beat butter and brown sugar until smooth and fluffy. Add flour and salt and beat until combined. Press into bottom of prepared pan.
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Bake for 20 minutes. Let cool completely.
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In a large bowl use an electric mixer to beat cream cheese until smooth. Beat in eggs and 3/4 cup granulated sugar. Beat in vanilla extract. Spread mixture evenly on top of cooled crust.
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Mix together apples, 1/3 cup sugar, and 1 teaspoon cinnamon. Sprinkle apple mixture over cheesecake mixture.
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In a medium bowl, combine 1 cup flour, 3/4 cup brown sugar, oats, salt, cinnamon, and pecans. Stir in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Sprinkle mixture over apples.
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Bake 50 minutes. Let cool until room temperature and then refrigerate until chilled.
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When serving, drizzle with caramel topping.
For the Caramel topping I like to use Smucker’s Salted Caramel
Recipe adapted from Paula Deen.
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HI there. May I substitute all purpose flour in place of flour you use.
I’ve tried many of your wonderful recipes and loved them all. Thank you.
Linda
Yes! 🙂
One of the best apple desserts I’ve had!
I would use it in the recipes you’ve mentioned on your website.. Make sure they taste as good as they look!!
I would make garlic bread
I would make scones.
I would make some tasty blueberry and blackberry pies.
I would make some kind of fruit bread — banana or strawberry.
cookies and bread would be where I would use it!
I would use this flour to make my Italian Cream Cake because a special cake deserves a special flour.
Our family enjoy making our own breads. So I would make severel kinds of bread with it.
I would like to make some kind of yummy cake! A special one with this new kind of flour!
HI, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE BREAKFAST BREADS, THANKS !
Like the cheesecake bars!
I’ll be on the lookout for this new flour.
I would love to make the Caramel-Caramel Cheesecake Bars! OMG, they look delicious!!!
These look so yummy! I can’t wait to try them!
I would make banana bread.
Homemade apple cake, oh yes please! 🙂 Yum!
I’ve never even heard of grape seed flour but would love to try it in some pancakes and quick bread.
The most common thing we make is biscuits, so I would like to make that so I can see if I can taste a difference.
I have never before even heard of grape seed flour. Now I am excited. I am a very dedicated baker, baking something almost every single day. I would start with something simple like biscuits or muffins to see how it behaves then move on and up from there.
I would most like to make cookies and brownies with these flours.
I’d like to make the Buttermilk Chicken Tenders recipe from their website.
I would love to make biscuits with these flours. It’s fun to experiement. I’m happy they are Non GMO products.
I would love to try it on fried chicken! I also would use it in baking. Thanks
I think the recipe accompanying this blog post would be the recipe I would try with White Lily flour. The recipe sounds delicious!
Ummmm- I would definitely make these bars!! Holy cow, they look amazing!! The caramel, the apple, the cheesecake-YUM!!
I would like to make pumpkin muffins.
White Lily is truly the best and is a staple in Southern homes. With their new product line of premium flours I would bake my Ooey Gooey Cinnamon Rolls, Cookies especially with Halloween around the corner, Southern Pies (Pecan, Apple, Pumpkin, Sweet Potato), to Jalapeño Cheese Cornbread and so much more.
These flours look so interesting! I love experimenting with new ingredients! I would love to try making biscuits, fried chicken, and tortillas!
I would like to make snickerdoodles or pie crust.
Oh my goodness, all that perfect ooey gooey caramel is screaming my name!! These bars need to happen asap! They look beyond amazing, Christin. 🙂
Those bars look just divine! Can’t go wrong with caramel + apple 🙂
I would make an angel food cake from scratch.
I’d like to try these in biscuits
Where I live now doesn’t carry white lily products. It would be great to actually make homemade biscuits with the wonderful childhood memories that go along with them. Its part of my history!
Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars!
I am a sucker for caramel or apple or cheesecake anything — I am way too munchy to be looking at this! Lol. I think I could eat a whole pan!
I would love to use Lily White Flour to make some cat head biscuits! It makes the lightest biscuits period!
Cheesecake is one of my favorite desserts, that crumb topping is so perfect on these bars!
Seriously, this looks amazing! I’m definitely adding this to my Pinterest dessert board and making it this for Fall entertaining. Thanks for sharing and keep doing what you’re doing 🙂
Oh my! This bars looks absolutely incredible. That drippy caramel and that crumb topping – oh I just want to grab a fork and dig right in! Ah-mazing Christin!
I would use it to make bread
Bread
the caramel sauce on it make is look delicious
The caramel on these bars look so good right now! I have not tried White Lily Grapeseed flour, so I will look
for it at a few of my local grocery stores.
My goodness, I just want to lick that caramel sauce! Looks fabulous, Christin!
I’ve never tried grapeseed flour — I’m going to have to look into that! These bars are so decadent — cheesecake and caramel are about the best things ever!
These look yummy!
I’m envious you have access to white lily flour! I have wanted to try it for ages. It’s not sold here in the Pacific Northwest.
I can only imagine how creamy and sweet these apple bars. Perfect for the first day of October.
Oh Heavens Christin – there are so many great things about these bars! They look so so darn good! The cheesecake, the caramel the apples – wow!
These bars are definitely indulgent! They slice beautifully and I love your photos 🙂
I would make pecan pie cookie bars.
Wow do these cheesecake bars look good! I love the caramel apple combo!
Plan to try it this fall for sure!
this recipe sounds awesome need to win so I can try
Can’t find whiteLilly flour in Bend, oregon
Do you have a Super Target near you? They may have it. Or you can order it online https://onlinestore.smucker.com/display_category.cfm?cat_id=63
Perfect alternative to an apple pie or pumpkin bars for Fall!
Can’t find white Lilly flour in Bend, oregon
Lovin’ these. That caramel looks so irresistible!
Perfect for fall.
Theres this pumpkin pull apart bread i really want to make.
That sounds marvelous!
What a treat! Cheesecake with apples and caramel..
I LOVE all of your recipes…this one is perfect for the fall!
I would love to make some pie crust for pumpkin pie!
I’ve used White Lily for years and am excited to use the new blends in one of the breads I make for neighbors. Zucchini, Pumpkin, and Banana breads would be great ways to try the new flour products.
I would most love to try White Lily Premium flour blends in all my pumpkin baked goods!!
i’d like to try this flour in my staple chocolate chip cookies! i make them so often, it would be a good way to compare it to the (cheap) flour i normally use.