APPLE CRUMB CHEESECAKE

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Provided by Renee W.

Time 1h30m

Number Of Ingredients 24

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CRUST INGREDIENTS
150 g flour
100 g sugar
1 pkg vanilla sugar
100 g butter, cold
baking powder, enough to fit on tip of knife
1 egg
FILLING INGREDIENTS
2-4 apples
lemon juice
cinnamon
sugar
2 - 8 oz. pkg cream cheese, room temperature
2 eggs
2/3 c sugar
1 pkg vanilla sugar
1 tsp lemon juice
1-2 tsp vanilla extract
12 oz sour cream
TOPPING INGREDIENTS
100 g sugar
150 g flour
100 g butter, cold
1 pkg vanilla sugar

Steps:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour bottom & sides of a 9" spring form pan.
2. CRUST: Soften butter in microwave for about 20 seconds. Mix flour, sugar, vanilla sugar, butter, baking powder and egg by hand. Knead well and form into ball. Flatten dough into bottom of pan.
3. FILLING: Peel and slice apples. Lay in circular pattern until crust is covered. Squeeze a little bit of lemon juice onto apples. Sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar.
4. Beat cream cheese until smooth. Beat in eggs, sugar, vanilla sugar, lemon juice and vanilla extract. Mix well. Add sour cream and mix well again. Pour filling over apples.
5. TOPPING: Soften butter in microwave for about 20 seconds. Add sugar, flour and vanilla sugar to butter. Mix together by hand until topping resembles crumbs.
6. Cover cheesecake with topping and bake for one hour to one hour and fifteen minutes or until knife comes out clean. Cool completely on wire rack. Refrigerate for many hours before serving. **NOTE** You can begin baking cake while preparing topping, then add to cake and bake for remaining time.