3 1/2 cup apples, tart, thinly sliced
3/4 cup sugar
2 tbsp flour, all-purpose
1/2 tsp salt
3 1/2 oz coconut, flaked
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 tbsp margarine
CREAM CHEESE PASTRY
1 cup margarine, softened
6 oz cream cheese, softened
2 cup flour, all-purpose
1 dash salt
Directions
Line a 10" piepan with half the pastry rolled 1/8" thick.
Arrange apples in unbakes pie shell. Combine sugar, flour, and salt;
sprinkle over apples, mixing well. Cover with coconut, sprinkle
vanilla over top, and dot with margarine.
Roll out remaining pastry, and place over filling; seal and flute
edges. Cut slits in top to allow steam to escape. Bake at 400 degrees
for 10 minutes; reduce heat to 300 degrees and bake an additional 35
to 40 minutes.
Cream Cheese Pastry: Combine margarine and cream cheese; mix well.
Cut in flour and salt iwht pastry blender. Shape dough into a ball;
chill. Yield: enough pastry for double crust 10" pie.
SOURCE: Southern Living Magazine, March 1974. Typos by Nancy Coleman.
Servings: 1 pie (10")
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