Bavarian Apple Torte

BAVARIAN APPLE TORTE



Crust: ½ cup butter
1/3 cup sugar
½ teaspoon amaretto liqueur
1 cup all-purpose flour

Filling: 375 grams cream cheese, room temperature
¼ cup sugar
2 medium eggs
1 teaspoon amaretto liqueur
4 cups peeled, sliced apples
1/3 cup brown sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon
¼ cup sliced almonds
Icing sugar

For crust, place all ingredients in bowl and work with hands until mixture goes together. Press on bottom and up the sides of a 9-inch springform pan.

For filling, place cream cheese, sugar, eggs and amaretto into bowl, and beat together until well mixed. Pour into pastry lined pan.

Mix apples, sugar and cinnamon and scatter over cheese layer. Sprinkle with almonds. Bake at 450 deg. F. for 10 minutes. Reduce to 375 deg. F. and bake a further 25 minutes. Cool before removing from pan and sprinkle with icing sugar.





Kim Redlin