Apple Cheesecake

1/2 cup butter
1/3 cup sugar
1/4 tsp vanilla
1 cup flour
8 oz pkg cream cheese
1/2 tsp vanilla
1/2 cup sugar
1 egg, beaten
4 cups diced apples (approx. 8 apples)
1/3 cup sugar
Chopped nuts

Preheat oven to 450 degrees F. Cream first 4 ingredients together. Spread in
bottom on greased springform pan and approx. 1 1/2 inches up side. Blend
next 3 ingredients until smooth. Pour on top on dough. Mix remaining
ingredients together, except nuts. Place over cream cheese mixture. Sprinkle
chopped nuts on top. Bake for 10 minutes. Lower heat to 400 degrees F and
bake for 25 minutes. Do not remove ring until cake has set overnight and is
well together. Run knife around side of springform pan while cake is cooling.
so it is not too stuck to side.
Note: Alternative to chopped nuts might be brown sugar and cinnamon mixture
or a topping similar to that on an apple crisp recipe with oatmeal.