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Candied Apple Pie Cheesecake

Ingredients
1 cup crushed NABISCO Ginger Snaps
3 Tablespoons butter, melted
1/2 cup sugar
2 Tablespoons sugar, divided
2 pkg.(8 oz. each) PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, softened
2 teaspoons vanilla
1/2 cup BREAKSTONE'S or KNUDSEN Sour Cream
2 eggs
1 cup apple pie filling, divided
1/2 cup PLANTERS Walnut Pieces, divided
1/2 cup toffee bits, divided

Directions
Heat oven to 325°F.
Mix crumbs, butter and 2 Tbsp. sugar; press onto bottom and up side of 9-inch pie plate.
Beat cream cheese, 1/2 cup sugar and vanilla with mixer until blended.
Add sour cream; mix well. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating just until blended after each.
Stir in 1/2 each pie filling, nuts and toffee. Pour into crust.
Bake 35 min. or until center is almost set. Cool. Refrigerate 4 hours.
Top with remaining pie filling, nuts and toffee before serving.