Bavarian apple cheesecake *
12 slices
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| ⅓ | cup | Sugar |
| ⅓ | cup | Butter or margarine |
| 1 | tablespoon | Solid shortening |
| 4 | cups | Apples; peeled, cored, slice |
| 16 | ounces | Cream cheese; softened |
| ½ | cup | Sugar |
| ⅓ | cup | Sugar |
| 1 | teaspoon | Ground cinnamon |
| ¼ | teaspoon | Vanilla |
| 1 | cup | Flour |
| ⅛ | teaspoon | Salt |
| ½ | teaspoon | Vanilla |
| 2 | Eggs | |
| ⅓ | cup | Sliced almonds |
Directions
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In medium mixer bowl, beat sugar, margarine, shortening, and vanilla on medium speed of electric mixer til combined. Blend in flour and salt until crumbly. Pat onto the bottom of a 9" springform pan. Set aside. Place apple slices in a single layer in a shallow baking pan.
Cover with foil. Bake in a 400~ oven for 15 minutes. Meanwhile, in a large mixer bowl, beat the cream cheese, sugar and vanilla until fluffy. Add the eggs, all at once, beating on low speed just until combined. Pour into dough-lined pan. Arrange warm apple slices on top of filling. Combine the remaing sugar and cinnamon. Sprinkle, with the almonds, on top of the warm apples. Bake, at 400~, for 40 minutes or until golden. Cool. Remove sides and place cake on serving platter. Cover; chill 4-24 hours before serving.