Apple-Cream Party Tart

Submitted by Helen1

"I think this recipe is from a Canadian Living magazine, but I have changed it a little. The recipe calls for 2 - 250g packages of cream cheese, but I use 1 and only 1/2 the other because I don't like the cream cheese layer so thick. I also don't add the nuts because they seem to go soft in a day or two."

 

• Ready In: 55mins
• Ingredients: 12
• Yields: 10 wedges

ingredients

• Sweet Crust

• 1⁄2 cup butter, at room temperature
• 1⁄3 cup granulated sugar
• 1⁄4 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 cup all-purpose flour

• Topping

• 4 cups apples, peeled and thinly sliced, 3-4 large apples
• 1⁄4 cup granulated sugar
• 1⁄2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1⁄2 cup almonds, sliced, slivered (optional) or 1/2 cup chopped pecans (optional)

• Filling

• 2 (250 g) packages cream cheese, at room temperature (regular or light)
• 1⁄4 cup granulated sugar
• 1 egg
• 1⁄2 teaspoon vanilla

directions

1. Preheat oven to 450°F.
2. Crust:.
3. Beat butter with sugar and vanilla, then use a fork to stir in flour till crumbly.
4. Pat evenly in bottom of 9" springform pan.
5. Topping:.
6. Mix apples with sugar and cinnamon, toss well, and set aside.
7. Filling:.
8. Beat cream cheese, sugar, vanilla and egg with a wooden spoon until smooth. Pour filling into crust and cover with apples.
9. Sprinkle with nuts if using.
10. Apples can be arranged in a pattern or just spread evenly to cover filling.
11. Place on center rack of preheated oven, immediately reduce heat to 400F and bake until apples are just tender - about 35 minutes. If nuts brown before apples are cooked, cover loosely with foil.
12. Cool on rack, serve right away or cover and refrigerate for up to one day.

Reviews

[gorbatygirl]

I tried this for Thanksgiving. Everyone loved it. The extra good part was it was super easy to make. After such a heavy meal as thanksgiving it's great to have. Thank you so much for posting this.