Harvest Time Apple Bars

Ingredients

• 3.5 cups apples chopped
• 1 cup firmly brown sugar packed
• 0.5 cup butter cold (1 stick)
• 8 oz philadelphia cream cheese softened
• 1  eggs beaten
• 2 cups flour 
• 0.8 cup granulated sugar divided
• 1.5 tsp ground cinnamon 
• 2 Tbsp milk 
• 0.5 tsp vanilla 
• 1 cup planters walnuts chopped

Equipment

• oven
• blender
• baking pan
• hand mixer

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350F.
2. Mix flour, brown sugar, 1/2 cup of the granulated sugar and the cinnamon; cut in butter using pastry blender or two knives until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in walnuts. Reserve 2 cups of the crumb mixture for topping; press remaining crumb mixture firmly onto bottom of 13x9-inch baking pan.
3. Beat cream cheese and milk with electric mixer on medium speed until well blended.
4. Add remaining 1/4 cup granulated sugar, the egg and vanilla; mix well.
5. Pour over crust. Top with apples; sprinkle with reserved crumb mixture.
6. Bake 30 min. Cool completely.
7. Cut into 32 bars to serve. Store in tightly covered container in refrigerator.