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Apple Cream Cheese Bars

A layered bar with a grainy shortbread base, dense cream cheese filling, tart-spiced apples, and a crumbly streusel topping. Crunch meets creamy. The crust’s edges golden brown, the apples tender but holding shape, streusel clumps slightly sticky from cream. Cook and chill thoroughly to slice clean bars. Parchment paper saves the scrape; lemon juice on apples keeps color. Brown sugar swapped for coconut sugar for deeper flavor. Heavy cream cut by ¼ cup replaced with Greek yogurt for tang and slight firmness. Watch crust color; butter temperature affects crumb. Timing is guideline, trust the golden cues and crackly streusel.