Bavarian Apple Cheesecake

Total Time: 6 hrs Preparation Time: 5 hrs Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1/3 cup butter or 1/3 cup margarine
• 1 tablespoon shortening
• 1/4 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 4 cups peeled cored, and sliced cooking apples (such as golder delicious or granny smith)
• 2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 eggs
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/4 cup sliced almonds

Recipe

• 1 in a medium mixer bowl beat the first 1/3 cup sugar, butter or shortening, and 1/4 tsp vanilla on medium speed of
• 2 electric mixer till combined.
• 3 blend in flour and salt till crumbly.
• 4 pat onto the bottom of a 9" springfor pan.
• 5 set aside.
• 6 place apple slices in a single layer in a shallow baking pan. cover w/foil.
• 7 bake in a 400 degree over for 15
• 8 minutes.
• 9 meanwhile, for filling, in a large mixer bowl beat the cream cheese, the 1/2 cup sugar and the 1/2 tsp vanilla with an electric mixer till fluffy.
• 10 add the eggs all at once, beating on low speed just till combined.
• 11 pour into dough-lined pan.
• 12 arrange warm apples slices atop
• 13 filling.
• 14 combine the remaining 1/3 cup sugar and
• 15 cinnamon.
• 16 sprinkle filling with the sugar mixture and the almonds.
• 17 bake in a 400 degree oven for 40 minutes or till golden.
• 18 cool.
• 19 remove sides and place cake on serving
• 20 plate.
• 21 cover; chill for 4 to 24 hours before serving.