Recipe: Cottage Cheese Apple Pie

About to go in the oven

Just removed from the oven

I must say, this is one excellent pie. Trust me, I just had a slice.

COTTAGE CHEESE APPLE PIE
Makes 1 deep 9-inch pie

1 1/2 C apples, peeled, cored, sliced thin
2 eggs
1/2 C cottage cheese
3/4 C sugar
1/2 C heavy cream
1/8 tsp salt
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp nutmeg
pie shell

Preheat oven to 450°. Cover bottom of uncooked pie shell with apples. Beat eggs slightly, add cottage cheese, 1/2 C sugar, cream and salt. Mix remaining 1/4 C sugar with cinnamon and nutmeg and sprinkle over apple slices. Cover apple slices with egg-cottage cheese mixture, and bake 10 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 350° and bake 30 minutes longer or until set.