PASTRY
1/3 cup sugar
1/3 cup butter
1 tbsp shortening
1/2 tsp vanilla
1 cup flour
FILLING
5 apples, winesap, golden delicious
8 oz cream cheese, room temp
1/4 cup sugar
1 egg
1/2 tsp grated lemon peel
1/4 tsp vanilla
1/8 tsp salt
1 cinnamon sugar
1/2 cup sliced almonds
Directions
Pastry: cream sugar, butter, shortening and vanilla. Blend in flour
and pat into bottom and 1 1/2 inches up sides of greased 9 inch
spring form pan. Place in 400F oven for 15 minutes.
Pare and slice apples to make 1 quart (4 cups).
Filling: Beat cream cheese, sugar, egg, lemon peel, vanilla and salt
until smooth. Pour over pastry. Top with apple slices, cinnamon
sugar and nuts. Bake at 400F for 40 minutes.
From "A Flock of Good Recipes," Shepherd of the Bay Lutheran Church,
Ellison Bay and Sister Bay (Door County), Wisconsin
Good Tastes column, Green Bay Press Gazette, 10/1/1995
Servings: 8 servings
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Categories: Apple; Dessert; Fruit; German
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