Harvest Apple Pie

Submitted by Bergy

"This is a no fail recipe - If you have trouble with conventional pie crusts this is for you. This recipe is by Laura Going and was a grand prize winner in a BC Women magazine contest. It is delicious"

 

• Ready In: 1hr 15mins
• Ingredients: 12
• Serves: 8

ingredients

• First Layer

• 1⁄2 cup soft butter
• 1⁄3 cup sugar
• 1⁄4 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 cup flour

• Second Layer

• 250 g cream cheese, room temperature
• 1 teaspoon instant coffee
• 1 large egg
• 1⁄3 cup sugar

• Third layer

• 1⁄3 cup sugar
• 1⁄2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 4 cups apples, peeled & sliced
• 3 -4 tablespoons slivered almonds

directions

1. First layer: In a medium bowl beat butter until fluffy, add sugar& vanilla, beat well; Mix in flour (use hands or a fork); Spread the mixture evenly over the bottom of a 10" pie plate, press down slightly
2. Second layer: Beat cheese until fluffy, add instant coffee& sugar, beat well, add egg, continue beating until everthing is well mixed.Spread this mixture over the first layer
3. Third Layer: In a bowl mix the sugar& cinnamon, add apples and toss to coat evenly Place the apple slices in a pinwheel design, start in the center and work out to the edge Sprinkle any remaining sugar on top.
4. Bake at 425 for 15 minutes. Sprinkle with slivered almonds, lower temperature to 375F and bake a further 30-40 minutes.
5. Cool at least 3 hours before serving.

Reviews

[skat5762]

This recipe is truly superb, and very easy to put together! I made it for my Mom's birthday dinner. I have to admit I was a little nervous about putting instant coffe in an apple pie, but I shouldn't have had any doubts. The texture was perfect and rich, but not overly so. I grated some fresh nutmeg on the middle layer, and on top. I also used a 9-inch pie pan, and 2 Roma apples. It looked beautiful, and tasted wonderful. *thunk* (that was the sound of the recipe going straight to my 'keeper' file). Thanks Bergy! (ps: I also served this with a scoop of vanilla bean ice cream and a PERFECT Ginger Cookie recipe#34219. Talk about heaven)

 

[srobin]

I'm not much of a pie maker so figured I couldn't mess this up too badly, but it was fantastic! Everyone loved it and I should have made two pies instead of one!

 

[crazymom]

This is a great tasting dessert, love the crust i am going to try using this on other pies. areal keeper

 

[Shasha]

Pretty good pie! I love the mix of the almonds and apples! Sprinkled extra cinnamon sugar on top before baking, and extra cinnamon after baking for color.

 

[Kate in Katoomba]

Bergy, this was just so good. The only thing I changed was to use fresh coffee as I didn't have any instant. Thank you so much for posting this.