Apple Cream Pie

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr 20 mins

Ingredients

• 4 cups tart apples, thinly sliced and peeled
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice
• 1/4 cup butter
• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
• 1 1/2 cups cold milk, divided
• 1 (3 1/2 ounce) package vanilla instant pudding mix
• 1 teaspoon grated lemon peel
• 1 pastry shells, baked (9 in)
• 1/4 cup apricot preserves or 1/4 cup strawberry jam, melted

Recipe

• 1 in a large skillet, saute apples, sugar and lemon juice in butter until apples are tender. cool.
• 2 in a mixing bowl, beat the cream cheese until smooth; gradually beat in 1 cup of milk, pudding mix and lemon peel.
• 3 add the rest of the milk, beat until it's thickened.
• 4 spread into pastry shell. arrange the apples over the filling (make them pretty!).
• 5 brush with preserves or jelly.
• 6 refrigerate 1 hour before serving.
• 7 brush with additional preserves if desired.