•  Celebration Cheesecake •

Ontario Apple Growers

Base:
1/4 cup Margarine, melted  
1¼ cups Rolled Oats  
1/4 cup Brown Sugar, packed  
2 tbsp. All-Purpose Flour  

Middle:
2-8oz. pkgs. Cream Cheese, softened  
1/2 cup Granulated Sugar  
2 Eggs  
3/4 tsp. Vanilla  

Topping:
4 cups Apples, thinly sliced  
1/3 cup Granulated Sugar  
1/2 tsp. Cinnamon  
1/4 cup Pecans, chopped  

Directions:

Melt margarine.  Add rolled oats, brown sugar and flour.  Mix well and press into 9" spring-form pan.  Bake at 350F for 15 minutes.

Combine cream cheese and sugar and blend at medium speed until well-blended.  Add eggs one at a time, blend in vanilla and pour over crust.  Toss apples in combined sugar and cinnamon.  Arrange apples over cream cheese mixture.  Sprinkle pecans on top.

Bake at 350F for 55-60 minutes or until centre is set.  Cool in pan on a cooling rack.  Chill before serving.