Bavarian Apple Torte

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Title: BAVARIAN APPLE TORTE
Categories: Pies, Fruits, Desserts
Yield: 8 servings

--------------------------PASTRY--------------------------
1/3 c Sugar
1/3 c Butter
1 tb Shortening
1/2 ts Vanilla
1 c Flour

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5 Apples; winesap, golden
-delicious, Granny Smith
8 oz Cream cheese; room temp
1/4 c Sugar
1 Egg
1/2 ts Grated lemon peel
1/4 ts Vanilla
1/8 ts Salt
Cinnamon sugar
1/2 c Sliced almonds

Pastry: cream sugar, butter, shortening and vanilla.
Blend in flour and pat into bottom and 1 1/2 inches up
sides of greased 9 inch spring form pan. Place in
400F oven for 15 minutes.

Pare and slice apples to make 1 quart (4 cups).

Filling: Beat cream cheese, sugar, egg, lemon peel,
vanilla and salt until smooth. Pour over pastry. Top
with apple slices, cinnamon sugar and nuts. Bake at
400F for 40 minutes.

From "A Flock of Good Recipes," Shepherd of the Bay
Lutheran Church, Ellison Bay and Sister Bay (Door
County), Wisconsin

Good Tastes column, Green Bay Press Gazette, 10/1/1995

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