Apple Cheese Pie

2 Eggs

1 c Cottage cheese

1 c Sugar

1/8 ts Salt

1 c Cream

1 ts Vanilla extract

1 1/2 c Apples; thinly sliced

1/8 ts Nutmeg

1/2 ts Cinnamon

1/2 c Whipped cream

-cream cheese pastry- 1/2 c Butter

3 oz Cream cheese

1 1/4 c Flour; sifted

1/8 ts Salt

Beat eggs. Add cottage cheese, 1/2 cup sugar, salt, cream, and vanilla. Line an 8 inch pie plate with pastry. Combine apples with 1/2 cup sugar and spices. (The amount of sugar may vary depending on the tartness of apples.) Turn apples into pastry. Cover with cottage cheese mixture. Bake for 10 minutes at 400~ and 25 minutes at 350~ until cottage cheese mixture is set. Remove from oven and let cool. Top with whipped cream or ice cream. PASTRY: Cream butter and cream cheese together. Sift flour once, measure, add salt and cut into cheese mixture until it resembles a fine meal. Wrap in waxed paper, press firmly together; chill. When mixture is chilled, roll 1/8 inch thick on a lightly floured pastry canvas. Fit into pie pan or plate. Bake in a 400~ oven for 12 to 15 minutes.

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