No Bake Apple Pie Cheesecake Bars

Ingredients:

• 1 graham cracker tin (if you make a pie) Or make your own crust below👇🏼

9 graham crackers sheets crushed and mixed with 6 tbsp melted butter.  Bake at 350 for 10 minutes.  Cool before adding filling

For the Filling:

• 12 oz Good Culture cream cheese

• 8 oz cool whip (1 container)

• ⅓ cup Monkfruit sweetener or sugar

• 1 tsp vanilla extract

• ½ tsp cinnamon, ¼ tsp nutmeg, ⅛ tsp cloves

For the Apple Pie Topping:

• 2 (Gala) apples diced

• 2 tbsp maple syrup (sugar free if preferred)

• 1 tsp cinnamon

• Juice from ½ lemon

• ½ tbsp cornstarch mixed with ½ tbsp water

Instructions:

👉Start by making the apple topping.  In a small pot over medium heat, add the apples, maple, lemon juice and cinnamon.  Cook down for about 5 minutes then stir in cornstarch and water.  Remove from heat and cool

👉Pie filling.  With a mixer, whip the cream cheese until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes.  Mix in the spices, sugar, and vanilla extract.  Wisk in the whip until creamy.  Spread over graham cracker.  Chill for at least an hour.  Add apple topping before serving.