Dutch Apple Pie Cheesecake

Ingredients

2 cups graham cracker crumbs, finely crushed
1 stick butter, unsalted
2 tsp cinnamon

3/4 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup flour
1/4 tsp nutmeg
7 apples, mix of Granny Smith and Fuji
1 lemon, juiced

24 ounces cream cheese
1 cup granulated sugar
2 tbs flour
1 lemon, zested
1 tsp vanilla
1 egg
1 egg yolk
1/4 cup milk

1/2 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup flour
1 tsp cinnamon
1/4 cup butter, unsalted

Directions

1. Prepare the crust first. Combine graham cracker crumbs, butter, and cinnamon until well-mixed. Pack into the bottom of a spring-form pan and set aside.
2. Prep the apple filling. Mix together the brown sugar, flour, and nutmeg together in a small bowl and set aside. Cut the apples into small slices. You can either take off the skin or not, it's your choice. Combine the apples with the juice of 1 lemon and then mix with the brown sugar mixture. Pour into the spring-form pan.
3. Before you prepare the cheesecake filling, make sure the ingredients are at room temperature. Combine the cheese, sugar, flour, lemon zest and vanilla in a stand-up mixer. Mix until fluffy. You cannot over mix at this point. Mix the eggs in by hand until just combined. If you over mix at this point, you will get bubbles and breaks in the cheesecake after baking. Fold in the milk until combined. Pour the filling into the pan on top of the apples.
4. In another bowl, mix the brown sugar, flour and cinnamon together. Fold in the butter until you get a good paste and spread evenly over the cheesecake.
5. Preheat the oven to 325 degrees Fahrenheit. During this time, place a oven safe cup of water in the oven, this helps prevent cracking. Bake the cheesecake for 25 minutes at 325 degrees. At 25 minutes, lower the temperature to 250 degrees Fahrenheit and bake for another hour. Turn off the oven and let the cake sit in the oven for 2-3 hours. Afterwards you can remove from the oven and let fully cool. At this point, loosen the spring-form so the edge of the cake does not stick to the pan. Let sit overnight in the fridge before serving.