Apple Pie Cheesecake Bites
These apple pie cheesecake bites combine a buttery graham cracker crust, a smooth and creamy cheesecake filling, topped with a sweet cinnamon streusel, and finished with warm tender cinnamon apples. Make these single serve cheesecakes in a standard muffin pan in under an hour. This fall dessert is perfect in every way possible!
Servings: 12 cheesecakes
Ingredients
Graham Cracker Crust
- 1 1/4 cups cinnamon graham crackers
- 3 Tbsp. butter; melted
- 1/4 cup sugar
Cheesecake Filling
- 16 oz. cream cheese; softened (2 packages)
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 2 whole eggs
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
- 1/4 tsp. ground cinnamon
- 1/8 tsp. ground nutmeg
- 1/8 tsp. ground cloves
Cinnamon Streusel
- 6 Tbsp. butter; chilled and cut into small cubes
- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 3/4 cup oats
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1/4 tsp. ground cinnamon
Cinnamon Apple Topping
- 2 apples; skinned and diced
- 2 Tbsp. butter; melted
- 2 Tbsp. sugar
- 1 Tbsp. brown sugar
- 1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
- 1/8 tsp. ground nutmeg
- 1/8 tsp. ground cloves
Instructions
To make the Graham Cracker Crust:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. In a food processor, combine the graham crackers, sugar and melted butter. Process for a few minutes until the mixture turns into a crumb-like consistency. Line a REGULAR cupcake baking pan with paper liners and evenly divide the graham mixture among 12 cups. With a spice jar, firmly press onto the graham mixture to form a crust. Set aside.
To make the Cinnamon Streusel
- With a pastry knife or a fork, cut the chilled butter in a medium bowl. Add the flour, oats, sugars and cinnamon. Mix the ingredients together until the streusel is a coarse, sandy or pebble texture. Set aside.
To make the Cheesecake filling
- In a large mixing bowl beat together the cream cheese, sugar, eggs, vanilla and cinnamon with an electric mixer until smooth. With a tablespoon, spoon the mixture evenly on top of the crusts. Evenly distribute the struesel topping on the cheesecakes and bake for 16-20 minutes or until the middles are set. Let the cheesecake cool and remove paper wrappers. Top with cinnamon apples and enjoy!
To make the Cinnamon Apples
- Heat a medium frying pan on medium-high heat. Add butter and apples, cook for a few minutes. Stir occasionally.
- Add sugars and spices to the apples and cook until apples are tender, about 5 minutes. Remove from heat add apples on top of cooked cheesecake bites.