Recipe: Apple Tart

“Delicious!”

APPLE TART

Serves 8

1 stick butter, softened

½ tsp vanilla

1/3 C sugar

1 C flour

Preheat oven to 450^o. Cream together butter and sugar, stir in vanilla, add flour, and mix well. Spread batter in bottom and 2 inches up sides of a greased springform pan.

CREAM CHEESE FILLING

8 oz cream cheese, softened to room temperature

¼ C sugar

Mix together well and spread over batter in pan.

TOPPING

2 C thinly sliced apples, peeled, cored

½ tsp cinnamon

1/3 C sugar

½ C pecans, chopped

Sprinkle cinnamon and sugar over apple slices, and toss to coat well. Sprinkle apple mixture over cream cheese layer in pan. Sprinkle pecans over top. Bake 10 minutes, then reduce oven temperature to 400^o and bake 15 minutes longer. Cool completely before removing pan sides.