Apple Cheesecake Crumble Bars Gluten Free Food

APPLE CHEESECAKE CRUMBLE BARS - GLUTEN FREE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Line an 8-inch square pan with parchment paper, leaving an overhang on two sides. Grease the other two sides of the pan with a small amount of butter or coconut oil.
• In a medium bowl, combine the ingredients for the crust, stirring until well mixed. Reserve 1 cup of the mixture and set it aside to use for the crumble topping. Press the remaining mixture evenly into the baking pan, using your fingers or the base of a drinking glass. Bake for 14 - 15 minutes or until slightly puffed and golden. Cool while preparing the filling and apples.
• Using an electric mixer, beat softened cream cheese with sugar, egg and vanilla extract until very smooth.
• Spread the filling evenly over the slightly cooled crust.
• Finely dice the apples so that the bars will be easy to slice (and eat!) Transfer them to a bowl and toss with lemon juice, brown sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg.
• Arrange them on top of the cheesecake layer.
• Finally, sprinkle the reserved crumble topping over the apples. Bake at 350°F. for 40 - 45 minutes.
• Remove from the oven and let cool completely before slicing. Drizzle with caramel sauce for an extra delicious treat!

GLUTEN-FREE APPLE QUINCE CRUMBLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F.
• Peel apples and quinces, core them and cut them in thin slices - You can use an apple slicer for the apples, but make sure the quince is cut as thin as possible. Add all ingredients to a large pot, and bring to a boil. Cover the pot, reduce heat to medium-low, and simmer until the fruit is tender (about 20-30 minutes), stirring occasionally.
• Pour the fruit mixture from the pot into a mixing bowl, and slowly sift in the sweet rice flour, making sure to mix it in evenly so there are no lumps.
• Pour fruit mixture into a partially pre-baked pie crust. Use your fingers to crumble the streusel topping across the entire top of the pie. Arrange small pieces of margarine across the top, and bake for 20-20 minutes, or until the topping is golden-brown and the filling is bubbling. Remove from oven and allow to cool before serving.
• In a food processor with blade attachment, process pecans until they are in nearly uniform small chunks. If you have a plastic blade or mixer attachment, attach it and add the rest of the ingredients. If you only have a metal blade, pulse ingredients as slowly and minimally as possible.
• Process only until ingredients are well combined and form a uniform, crumbly mixture. Use your fingers to crumble it into small pieces over the top of a pie, fruit crisp, muffins, or other baked good. Place dish into a preheated oven at 400°F Bake until the crumble topping is browned but not burnt (watch carefully to make sure the top doesn't char), approximately 20 minutes.