Apple Cheese Pie Recipes

Steps:

• Heat oven to 450 degrees.
• Make pie crust as directed on box for one-crust pie shell, using 9" glass pie pan, except DON'T prick crust.
• Bake 9-11 minute or until light brown. If crust fluffs up gently push down with fork.
• Reduce oven temp to 350.
• In a small bowl, stir together streusel ingredients except butter until it looks like coarse crumbs. Set aside.
• In a large bowl gently mix apple layer ingredients, set aside.
• Mix cream cheese and sugar well. Beat in egg and vanilla and mix well.
• Spread cream cheese mixture into pie shell. Add the apple slices evenly. Top with streusel mixture and top with small chunks of butter.
• Bake 50-60 minutes, or until apples are tender and streusel is golden. You may need to cover the pie loosely with foil the last 15 minutes of baking to prevent over browning.
• Let pie cool 1 hour prior to eating. Store pie in fridge.

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine flour and salt. Cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in cheese. Combine water and vinegar, and gradually stir in until mixture forms a ball. Divide dough in half and shape into balls. Wrap in plastic and refrigerate for 4 hours or overnight.
• Preheat oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C.) Roll one ball out to fit a 9 inch pie plate. Place bottom crust in pie plate. Roll out top crust and set aside.
• In a large bowl, toss apples in lemon juice to prevent discoloration. Drain and discard any excess juice. Stir in sugar and cinnamon. Arrange rows of overlapping apple slices, working from outer rim in. Dot with butter. Cover with top pie crust. Seal and crimp edges with fork, then trim excess dough. Cut a few slashes in top crust to allow steam to escape.
• Bake on cookie sheet in preheated oven for 15 minutes. Reduce heat to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C), and continue baking for about 30 minutes, or until golden brown. Remove from oven, brush lightly with beaten egg, and sprinkle liberally with sugar. Bake 5 to 10 minutes more until sugar forms a crisp glaze.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C).
• Mix butter, 1/3 cup sugar, and 1 teaspoon vanilla extract in a bowl. Stir flour into mixture to make a workable dough. You might not need all the flour. Press the crust into a 9-inch pie dish.
• Mix cream cheese with egg, 1/4 cup sugar, and 1 tablespoon vanilla extract in a bowl. Pour cream cheese mixture into pie crust. Toss sliced apples with 1/3 cup sugar and cinnamon; top the cream cheese filling with the apple mixture. Sprinkle with sliced almonds.
• Bake pie in the preheated oven for 10 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) and continue baking until the filling is set, 20 to 25 more minutes. Cool before serving.

Steps:

• For the pie: Place a baking sheet in the oven and preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Warm a medium saute pan over medium heat and melt the butter. Add the apple slices, cinnamon and nutmeg and cook until slightly softened, about 4 minutes. Pour apples into a large bowl and cool in the fridge, about 5 minutes.
• For the streusel topping: Meanwhile, fill a gallon resealable plastic bag with the cheese crackers and use a rolling pin to crush into small crumbs, but not a fine powder. Add to a medium bowl with the light brown sugar and salt and stir to combined. Stir melted butter into the mixture, tossing to bind your streusel, and set aside for pie assembly.
• Back to the pie: Remove the apples from the fridge and stir in the light brown sugar, Cheddar, cornstarch and salt.
• Fit the pie dough into a 10-inch cast-iron skillet. Gently press the dough against the sides of the skillet to form the bottom crust of the pie. (The crust will not reach the top edge of skillet and this is just fine.) Pour the apples into the skillet. Generously sprinkle the streusel on top of the apples and spread in an even layer.
• Bake the pie on the preheated baking sheet until golden brown and bubbly, 45 to 50 minutes. Allow the pie to cool about 45 minutes before serving.
• For the lemon maple sage whipped cream: Meanwhile, zest the entire lemon into a medium bowl. Gather sage leaves together in a tight bundle and grate the bundle into the bowl with the zest (it's okay if a few larger pieces fall in). Add the heavy cream, maple syrup and salt and stir together until combined. Strain mixture through a fine-mesh sieve into the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the whisk attachment. Use a rubber spatula to press on the lemon and sage mixture in the sieve, to get out all the possible flavor. Beat the cream until it holds medium peaks and serve a dollop on each pie slice.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300˚F (150˚C).
• Line a springform pan with a pie crust, pressing it around the sides of the pan until smooth.
• In a medium bowl, beat the cream cheese, sugar, vanilla, cinnamon, and nutmeg until smooth.
• Add the sour cream and mix together. Add in one egg at a time, whisking until smooth.
• Pour mixture into the springform pan and bake for 1 hour and 15 minutes.
• After baking, turn off the oven and let the cheesecake cool inside for 1 hour without opening the oven door.
• Turn up the oven temperature to 425˚F (220˚C).
• In a saucepan, add the apples, sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, cornstarch, and water over medium-low heat. Stir occasionally until apples are soft (about 10 minutes), then remove from heat. Let cool.
• Once cool, spread apple pie filling over cheesecake.
• Cut the other pie crust in to ¼-inch (6 mm) strips and make a lattice pattern across the top.
• Brush with egg wash.
• Bake for 25 minutes, until golden brown.
• Chill until set then serve.
• Enjoy!

Steps:

• In a small bowl, combine the pecans, brown sugar and butter; spread into a greased 9-in. pie plate. Roll out one pastry to fit the pie plate; place over pecan mixture. Trim pastry even with edge of plate., In a small bowl, beat the cream cheese, cheddar cheese, 1 tablespoon sugar and vanilla until blended; spread over pastry. In large bowl, combine the apples, flour, lemon juice, cinnamon, ginger and remaining sugar; pour over cheese mixture., Roll out remaining pastry to fit top of pie; place over filling. Trim, seal and flute edges. Cut slits in top. , Bake at 375° for 45-50 minutes or until golden brown. Cool for 5 minutes before inverting onto a serving plate. Serve warm.

Steps:

• Combine the wafer crumbs, butter and sugar; press onto the bottom and up the sides of an ungreased 9-in. pie plate., In a large bowl, beat the cream cheese, sugar, sour cream and extract until smooth. Add eggs; beat on low speed just until combined. Coarsely chop pie filling; cover and refrigerate 3/4 cup for topping. Stir the walnuts, toffee bits and remaining pie filling into cream cheese mixture. Pour into crust., Bake at 325° for 40-45 minutes or until center is almost set. Cool on a wire rack for 1 hour. Refrigerate for 4 hours or overnight. Just before serving, top with reserved pie filling, walnuts and toffee bits.

Steps:

• Prepare pie pastry as directed below and refrigerate.
• Meanwhile, in large skillet, fry bacon. Drain and crumble it and pour out all but 2 tablespoons of bacon grease.
• In grease saute onions until they begin to brown.
• Add apple slices and water, cover skillet and simmer until the apples are fork tender but still slightly firm. Remove skillet from heat and mix in crumbled bacon, sugar and bouillon.
• Line 10-inch pie plate (preferably one 2 inches deep) with pie pastry and brush it with oil and then with egg white.
• Spread third of apple mixture on pastry, then some cheese, and continue to alternate layers, ending with apple mixture.
• Set top crust in place, crimp edges and vent top with fork.
• Bake in a preheated 450-degree oven for 10 minutes. It is wise to place some aluminum foil on the bottom of the oven to catch drippings. Reduce heat to 350 and bake additional 45 minutes. Let pie rest for 10 minutes before slicing.

Steps:

• Heat oven 350°F Spray bottom of 10" springform pan with nonstick cooking spray. In small bowl, stir together gingersnaps with 6 Tbs melted butter(crust). Press into bottom and 1/2" up sides of pan; wrap outside of pan with foil. Bake 5-7 minutes until set.
• Meanwhile, in large bowl, beat cream cheese and sugar at medium speed 2-3 minutes or until smooth. Beat in eggs, egg yolk, cream, 2 Tbs flour and flavoring 1 minutes or until blended.
• In medium bowl, toss apples with 1 Tbs brown sugar and cinnamon until lightly coated.
• Pour half of the filling into crust; arrange apples over the filling, overlapping slightly. Pour remaining filling over apples. Bake 40 minutes.
• Meanwhile, in small bowl, stir together 1/2 cup flour, 1/2 cup light brown sugar, 1/4 nuts and 1/4 cup melted butter(topping); sprinkle over cake. Bake 20-25 minutes or until top is golden brown and set 3" from edge. Cool on wire rack to room temperature.
• Refrigerate overnight.
• Store in the refrigerator.

Steps:

• Make the Fillings:
• Combine cream cheese filling ingredients in the bowl of an electric mixer and beat until smooth. Place in fridge until ready to use.
• For the apple pie filling, melt the butter in a medium saucepan. Add the rest of the filling ingredients and cook over medium heat for 3 to 5 minutes, until apples are soft but not mushy. Use a slotted spoon to strain out the apple pieces. Return the pan to the stove and continue to cook for another 5 to 10 minutes until juice is reduced to 1/3 and is thick enough to coat the back of a wooden spoon. Pour thickened juice back onto apples. Let cool to room temperature
• Make the All Butter Pie Crust:
• Stir the flour, salt, and sugar together in a large bowl. Add the butter pieces and coat with the flour mixture using a bench scraper or spatula. With a pastry blender, cut the butter into the flour mixture, working quickly until mostly pea-sized pieces of butter remain (a few larger pieces are OK; be careful not to overblend).
• Combine the water, cider vinegar, and ice in a large measuring cup or small bowl. Sprinkle 1/4 cup of the ice-water mixture over the flour mixture, and mix and cut it in with a bench scraper or spatula until it is fully incorporated. Add more of the ice-water mixture, 1 to 2 tablespoons at a time, using the bench scraper or your hands (or both) to mix until the dough comes together in a ball, with some dry bits remaining. Squeeze and pinch with your fingertips to bring all the dough together, sprinkling dry bits with more small drops of the ice-water mixture, if necessary, to combine. Shape the dough into a flat disc, wrap in plastic, and refrigerate for at least 1 hour, preferably overnight, to give the crust time to mellow. Wrapped tightly, the dough can be refrigerated for 3 days or frozen for 1 month.
• Make the Hand Pies:
• Preheat oven to 350F.
• Roll chilled pie dough out on floured surface to approximately 1/8 inch thick. Use a cookie cutter to cut out forty 4-inch circles, re-rolling if necessary. Place a dollop of cream cheese in the center of half of the circles. Top with a spoonful of the apple pie filling.
• Cover with another pie dough round and gently pinch the edges together. Use the tines of a fork to seal further and to create a fluted edge. Cut a small X-shaped slit on the top of each pie with a paring knife.
• Use a pastry brush to brush with heavy cream and sprinkle with raw or demerara sugar. Chill in freezer for 10 minutes before baking. Bake for 25 to 35 minutes until dark golden.

Steps:

• First, make the pastry. Tip the flour, cheese and a pinch of salt into a large bowl and mix. Add the butter and rub it in using your fingertips until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs. Mix in 4-5 tbsp cold water, and bring together into a dough. Wrap and chill for 30 mins.
• To make the filling, melt the butter in a medium saucepan over a medium heat, then add the oil and onions and cook for 10-15 mins until caramelised. Add the thyme and fry for 1 min more. Tip in the flour, and stir to combine. Gradually stir in the stock, adding it in small amounts to prevent lumps forming. Bring to a simmer and cook for 10 mins, stirring occasionally. Stir in the mustard and vinegar towards the end of the cooking time.
• Meanwhile, put the potatoes in a large pan of cold water, bring to the boil and cook for 4-5 mins until just cooked and still holding their shape. Drain well, then stir into the sauce. Add the apples, cheddar and some seasoning, and stir again. Heat the oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6.
• Pour the filling into a 28cm oval baking dish (ours was 28 x 18.5 x 6.5cm). While it cools, roll out the pastry on a surface lightly dusted with flour to the thickness of a £1 coin. Cut into strips roughly 1cm wide. Lay half the strips across the dish horizontally, leaving gaps of a few millimetres in-between, then, one by one, weave in the remaining strips vertically, using an over and under technique, also spacing them apart by a few millimetres. Re-roll any trimmings and cut into flowers, leaves, or other shapes to decorate, if you like (see tip, below). Arrange any pastry shapes on top, then brush with the beaten egg.
• Bake for 50 mins, keeping an eye on it - you may need to cover the top with foil if it's starting to brown too quickly. Leave to cool for at least 10 mins before serving.