Bavarian Apple Torte Recipe from Dianne Stoyko. Holiday Dessert bake-off Christmas Special recipe

Ingredients 

Crust:

½ cup butter

1/3 cup sugar

1 cup flour

Filling:

8 oz. cream cheese

¼ cup sugar

1 egg

1tsp. vanilla

Apple mixture:

4 ea. Apples (prefer organic Honey crisp), chopped

1/3 cup sugar

1 tsp. cinnamon

½ cup sliced almonds

Method 

Crust: Combined butter, sugar and flour in a food processor. Pulse until mixture resembles cornmeal. Press in a 9” spring form pan.

Bake at 400 degrees for 10 minutes. Cool.

Filling:

Combine cream cheese, sugar, egg and vanilla. Mix until well blended. May be processed in food processor or mixed by hand.

Pour over baked pastry. Chop apples and mix with cinnamon and sugar. Spread over the cream cheese mixture. 

Sprinkle with sliced almonds. 

Bake at 375 degrees for 25 minutes or until almonds are toasted on top. 

Allow torte to cool. Loosen crust from rim, remove rim and place on cake plate. 

Serve as is or with a dollop of whipped cream.