We had a blessed year, and I have so much to thank God for...!
This is in the oven right now... It's my contribution to todays meal (thanks Tene' for pinning the apple rosette idea...!). My friend Russ Bond has/had the best cream cheese apple pie recipe, I have modified it slightly for my tastes :D
First I serve it "flatter" vs. a standard sloped pie pan. I also change the topping from the traditional butter, cinnamon, brown sugar by adding apricot jam for a little zip... and finally I'm now presenting it in the GIANT ROSETTE...!!!
it came together amazingly fast...
I bet a lot of you have these, dust that baby off and crank away...! it cut prep time to nothing! Drop slices into a bowl full of cold water and lemon juice.
Put s single layer of apple slices on paper towels and warm for 1:00 minute in the microwave to soften, and precook. This makes them easier to work with and they sit nicer (plus it dries the water off, as not to affect the cream cheese layer).
If you are in a hurry you can use a prepared pie crust as well...
piecrust:
1/2 cup of butter (softened)
1/3 cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup all-purpose flour
cream butter and sugar, add the vanilla and then the flour. Mix till smooth, press into pan.
filling:
1 8 ounce package cream cheese (softened)
1 egg
1/4 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
topping:
4 cups apples (sliced)
1/4 cup sugar
2 teaspoons cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1/4 cup apricot jam
Warm topping in microwave, drizzle over apples covering completely.
Bake at 400° for 45 minutes.
Optional: pecans, crasins, raisins or cranberries...
ENJOY..!
This is in the oven right now... It's my contribution to todays meal (thanks Tene' for pinning the apple rosette idea...!). My friend Russ Bond has/had the best cream cheese apple pie recipe, I have modified it slightly for my tastes :D
First I serve it "flatter" vs. a standard sloped pie pan. I also change the topping from the traditional butter, cinnamon, brown sugar by adding apricot jam for a little zip... and finally I'm now presenting it in the GIANT ROSETTE...!!!
I bet a lot of you have these, dust that baby off and crank away...! it cut prep time to nothing! Drop slices into a bowl full of cold water and lemon juice.
If you are in a hurry you can use a prepared pie crust as well...
piecrust:
1/2 cup of butter (softened)
1/3 cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup all-purpose flour
cream butter and sugar, add the vanilla and then the flour. Mix till smooth, press into pan.
filling:
1 8 ounce package cream cheese (softened)
1 egg
1/4 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
topping:
4 cups apples (sliced)
1/4 cup sugar
2 teaspoons cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1/4 cup apricot jam
Warm topping in microwave, drizzle over apples covering completely.
Bake at 400° for 45 minutes.
Optional: pecans, crasins, raisins or cranberries...
a slice down the side turns the spiral into slices... viola'
two slices make the perfect petals needed for the rosette.
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