Apple Cream Lasagna

Submitted by MMers

"This is amazingly good...and can become quite a topic of conversation at the end of a meal! I dare you to try it!"

 

• Ready In: 1hr
• Ingredients: 12
• Serves: 8

ingredients

• 9 oven-ready lasagna noodles
• 1⁄3 cup butter
• 6 granny smith apples, peeled,cored and sliced
• 1⁄3 cup packed brown sugar
• 1⁄2 cup toasted chopped pecans
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1 (8 ounce) package light cream cheese, softened
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 cup whipping cream, whipped
• 1⁄2 cup fresh breadcrumb
• 1⁄4 cup granulated sugar

directions

1. Place lasagna noodles in a 11 by 7 inch baking dish.
2. Cover with warm water and soak for 20 minutes.
3. Drain and set aside.
4. Meanwhile, in saucepan, melt 1/4 cup butter over medium heat.
5. Add apples, cover and cook 10 minutes or until tender, stirring occasionally.
6. Remove from heat and stir in 3 tbsp brown sugar, pecans and cinnamon.
7. Set aside.
8. Place cream cheese and remaining brown sugar in a large bowl.
9. Beat 3 minutes or until light and fluffy.
10. Beat in egg and vanilla.
11. Fold whipped cream into cream cheese mixture.
12. Set aside.
13. Melt remaining butter in small saucepan.
14. Add breadcrumbs, sugar and melted butter.
15. Spread half of the apple mixture in bottom of the 11 by 7 baking dish.
16. Layer with 3 noodles.
17. Spread with half of the cream mixture, and layer with 3 more noodles.
18. Spread with remaining apple mixture and layer with last 3 noodles.
19. Top with remaining cream mixture and sprinkle with breadcrumb mixture.
20. Bake in preheated 350F (180C) degree oven for 30 minutes.
21. Let stand 20 minutes before serving.

Reviews

[nonnie4sj]

This had a wonderful flavor, but my family and I just couldn't get over the texture of the lasagna noodles. I'd use parts of this recipe again.

 

[Judy-Jude]

This is a very delightful recipe. I did not have an 11 X 7 baking dish in the house. I used my deep dish 9 1/2 X 5 and it worked fine. I just had to bake it a little longer. Soaking the pasta sheets came out fine, they felt just like fresh pasta when I removed them from the water and held up beautifully. I didn't use the pecans and I used walnuts in place of the bread crumbs. I didn't realize that the 1/3 cup of butter had to be divided until after I read it again, in my haste, I had already melted the whole 1/3 cup. But managed to just remove 2 Tablespoons of the melted butter and combine it my topping mixture. I know better and I should have read the entire directions carefully and I would have caught it. Thank you for sharing this recipe, it was a big hit during coffee break, not a nibble left!