This apple crumble cheesecake options an oat-based crumble crust and topping and a creamy brown sugar cheesecake filling. You can also make it historically, entire grain or gluten-free with gluten-free oats and flour.
I really like this Gluten-free Apple Crumble, and I really like cheesecakes, so I assumed why not mix them into one dessert?
This cheesecake is extra time-consuming than a primary cheesecake due to the apples, which it’s important to peel, core and chop up. However since you’re utilizing the identical combination for the crust and the topping, the topping doesn’t add any further time to the recipe.
So it’s not likely all that dangerous. Undoubtedly value the additional 10 minutes to course of the apples!
Elements
For the crust and topping:
- Flour – you need to use all-purpose flour, white entire wheat flour or King Arthur Gluten-free Measure for Measure Flour should you’re gluten-free.
- Rolled oats – I don’t advocate fast oats! The end result could be greasy. Prompt oats and steel-cut additionally don’t work.
- Brown sugar – please use brown sugar and never granulated sugar. Not only for taste causes, however as a result of the combination holds collectively higher with brown sugar.
- Butter – this recipe is stuffed with dairy, anyway, so I didn’t check it with coconut oil. And I don’t advocate utilizing it as your combination could be a lot too greasy if utilizing it as a 1:1 substitute. For those who insist on utilizing coconut oil, I’m guessing you’d want 134 grams coconut oil + 34 grams water to duplicate the fats content material of US butter.
- Cinnamon, baking powder and salt
For the cheesecake filling
- Cream cheese – you could use common full-fat cream cheese if you would like your cheesecake to be wealthy and creamy. Diminished fats may work, however I’m not completely positive, and fat-free wouldn’t work.
- Brown sugar and granulated sugar – this mixture provides you extra taste than simply all granulated sugar.
- Bitter cream – this makes the cheesecake tremendous creamy! I haven’t tried Greek yogurt or anything as an alternative, so I can’t say what impact it’d have. For those who really feel like experimenting, know that it may not work out.
- Eggs – no subs right here. Make certain to make use of giant eggs. Not medium, not XL. That’s, until you reside outdoors of the US. Then it’s essential to actually learn the half on the backside of this publish.
- Vanilla and salt
For the apples:
- Apples – I exploit no matter I’ve readily available, however have listed some strategies beneath.
- Sugar – uncooked sugar, brown sugar or coconut sugar additionally work.
- Cinnamon – apple pie spice is also good!
Be aware that the maple syrup and cream within the beneath picture are solely if you wish to make the caramel recipe! They’re not wanted for the cheesecake.
What apples to make use of
To be trustworthy, I normally simply bake with no matter we now have sitting round. But when it’s essential to purchase some, you may as properly choose up some correct baking apples!
Granny Smith, Honeycrisp, Golden Scrumptious, Rome, Jonathan, Jonagold, and Braeburn are nice for baking.
Enjoyable truth: Jonagold apples are the daughters of Jonathan (mom) + Golden Scrumptious (father) apples.
I’d say the one factor you really want to fret about is utilizing actually outdated apples as they are often too mushy. I’d save these for apple butter and strawberry applesauce.
The crust
The crust makes use of the identical combination because the topping, so that you’re principally utilizing crumble topping as a crust.
You employ half of the crumble combination for the crust and the opposite half for the topping.
To forestall a soggy crust, it’s essential to pre-bake the crust for quarter-hour. If it has any holes in it after taking it out of the oven, frivolously press the crust down with a spoon. That’ll cowl up the holes.
I like to recommend that you simply place the pan on a baking sheet or place one thing on the underside rack of your oven to catch any spillage. I’ve had the butter leak as soon as. The opposite 4 instances, it didn’t. However higher protected than sorry!
Cheesecake filling
In my Pumpkin Swirl Cheesecake, I discuss lots about the way it’s vital to do a water tub, however not with this cheesecake!
As you’ll be able to within the horizontal picture additional down on this publish, it comes out good and stage. So, this cheesecake is ideal should you dread desirous about a water tub. 😉
You put together the apples at first else in order that they’ve time to sit down and launch their juices. You’ll be able to slurp that up (it’s apple juice with cinnamon and sugar, so that you gained’t need to throw it out!), however including the juice to the cheesecake would make it too runny.
Additionally be certain that to spoon the apples fastidiously over the cheesecake filling. Don’t simply dump them on prime.
Caramel sauce
You should use no matter caramel you’d like. Within the recipe, I hyperlink to my Salted Maple Caramel Sauce.
It’s wealthy, buttery, and easy with simply the correct quantity of maple taste.
I like to recommend Grade B maple syrup. If all you’ve is Grade A, you need to use it, however you’ll have to boil it longer. And observe that there’ll be much less maple taste if utilizing Grade A.
It’s the proper sauce to drizzle over this apple crumble cheesecake, but it surely’s additionally good on Maple Ice Cream, pancakes or cake.
You can also make this caramel sauce forward and retailer it within the fridge for as much as 1 week. Earlier than serving, simply stir to reincorporate it and microwave for 10 to fifteen seconds at half energy.
Gluten-free
You can also make this cheesecake with common flour or white entire wheat flour for a complete grain model, and should you’re gluten-free, it’s essential to use gluten-free flour and oats.
Pure, uncontaminated oats are naturally gluten-free. Nonetheless, oats which can be labeled as gluten-free are examined to make sure they comprise lower than 20 elements per million of gluten. You’ll be able to learn extra on this publish: Are Oats Gluten-free?
So should you’re making this for associates or household they usually’re gluten-free, ensure you purchase oats that say gluten-free on them. You’ll discover them within the gluten-free part of the shop.
You additionally want to make use of a gluten-free flour mix that’s meant as a 1:1 sub for all-purpose flour. I’ve solely examined this recipe with King Arthur Gluten-free Measure for Measure Flour, in order that’s what I checklist within the recipe.
As as to whether different manufacturers work simply as properly, I can’t say. The cheesecake got here out similar to the all-purpose model when utilizing the King Arthur mix! So in case your cheesecake doesn’t have the proper crust and topping, your flour mix is the explanation.
Vegan?
Sadly, utilizing vegan subs instead of the cream cheese, eggs and butter gained’t work on this recipe. However I do have paleo vegan cheesecake recipes that will be nice for Thanksgiving, and this Vegan Caramel Sauce could be excellent for drizzling on prime.
Stay outdoors of the US?
For individuals who reside outdoors of North America and have the sort of cream cheese that’s extra of a diffusion for toast packaged in a bath and never a “brick” packaged in a foil wrapper, you’ll need to do an additional step.
This recipe calls for twenty-four ounces or 680 grams of cream cheese. To get 680 grams, you’ll want to purchase 900 grams of cream cheese, place it in the course of a clear tea towel, and squeeze the liquid out till you’ve the 680 grams required for this cheesecake.
For those who don’t do that step, the cheesecake will probably be too watery and gained’t bake via. You’ll in all probability attempt baking it for longer, which wouldn’t actually assist, and it’d additionally burn the topping. So, it’s actually finest to only keep away from all that mess and do the tea towel trick!
Butter can be completely different. To duplicate American-style butter for the crumble crust, use 163 grams of unsalted butter and add 5 grams of water.
Additionally, medium eggs within the EU = giant eggs within the US. So should you’re within the EU, it’s essential to use medium eggs when making US recipes (they virtually at all times calls for giant eggs). For those who’re not within the EU, you want eggs which can be 50 grams with out their shell.
I examined this recipe utilizing the above tea towel trick, EU medium eggs, and German butter. My photographer within the US, in fact, used all US elements, as known as for within the recipe, and our outcomes got here out wanting precisely the identical.
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I hope you’ll love this apple crumble cheesecake as a lot as we do. For those who attempt it, please remark beneath and inform us what you assume. Thanks!
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- Yield: 16 slices
Elements
- 2 1/3 cups (262 grams) peeled, cored and chopped (into about 1/3“ chunks) agency baking apples (this was about 2 medium-sized, agency baking apples – the apples had been 357 grams earlier than peeling and coring)
- 1 tablespoon granulated sugar
- 2 teaspoons floor cinnamon
- 1 1/4 cups (156 grams) all-purpose, white entire wheat, or for gluten-free, use King Arthur Flour Measure for Measure Gluten-free Flour
- 2 cups (180 grams) rolled oats
- 1 cup (200 grams) brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon floor cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 cup (168 grams) unsalted butter, melted and cooled barely
- 24 ounces (680 grams) cream cheese, room temperature
- 1/2 cup (100 grams) brown sugar
- 1/4 cup (50 grams) granulated sugar
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 cup (173 grams) bitter cream, room temperature
- 3 giant (50 grams every, out of shell) eggs, room temperature
- Caramel sauce (I like this Salted Maple Caramel Sauce)
Apples:
Crust:
Filling:
Topping:
Instructions
- Place the peeled, cored and chopped apples in a medium mixing bowl.
- Sprinkle the sugar and cinnamon excessive and toss to coat the apples.
- Set them apart when you put together the remainder. This helps extract their juices (I had about 2-3 tablespoons) which you DON’T need to add when spooning on the apples.
- Place a baking sheet or one thing on the underside rack of your oven to catch any spillage that will occur when baking.
- Preheat the oven to 350 °F (175 °C).
- Grease simply the underside of a 9” springform pan.
- In a big mixing bowl, stir the whole lot however the butter collectively till properly mixed.
- Stir within the butter till mixed.
- Take away half, rather less than 1 1/2 cups or 362 grams, and pat onto the underside of the greased springform pan. If yours has a lip, be certain that the crust goes over the lip of the pan.
- Bake for quarter-hour. It’s okay if the crust is effervescent or has holes. If it does, frivolously press down the crust with a spoon after taking the crust out of the oven.
- Let the crust cool for quarter-hour on a cooling rack. Whereas the crust is cooling, put together the filling.
- In a big mixing bowl, beat the cream cheese, brown sugar, and granulated sugar with an electrical hand mixer at medium pace till properly mixed. Don’t overmix!
- Beat within the vanilla, salt and bitter cream on low till mixed, and add the eggs one by one on low JUST till properly mixed.
- Pour over the crust that’s cooled for 15+ minutes.
- Utilizing a slotted spoon, evenly spoon the apples excessive of the crust, leaving the juice behind within the bowl.
- Prime the apples with the remaining topping. Pat down the topping very frivolously to stop pointy bits from getting burned throughout baking.
- Bake for 40 minutes. It’ll jiggle a bit whenever you take away the pan from the oven.
- Cool on a cooling rack for two hours after which refrigerate for no less than 8 earlier than slicing. When slicing, you may need to take away the entire thing to a serving plate as a result of it’s essential to press down arduous to get via the crust, and it’d make scratches in your pan.
- Topping with caramel sauce, if desired.
- Cowl and refrigerate for as much as 4 days or freeze for as much as 3 months.
Put together the apples:
Make the crust:
Make the filling:
Notes
- For those who’re gluten-free, be certain that your oats are labeled as gluten-free and use the gluten-free flour possibility listed.
- For those who reside outdoors of the US – you possible have a special kind of cream cheese than within the US. US cream cheese is firmer and meant for baking, reasonably than the type for toast, like in Europe. For 8 ounces (225 grams) of cream cheese, purchase a 300-gram bundle (the stuff at Aldi, Lidl, and so on. works simply in addition to Philadelphia), put it within the middle of a clear tea towel or cheesecloth, and squeeze out the liquid till you’ve 225 grams of cream cheese. So for this recipe, purchase 900 grams of cream cheese and squeeze out the liquid till you’ve 680 grams of cream cheese left. Additionally, medium eggs within the EU = giant eggs within the US. So should you’re within the EU, it’s essential to use medium eggs when making US recipes (they virtually at all times calls for giant eggs). For those who’re not within the EU, you want eggs which can be 50 grams with out their shell.
