Ingredients
Directions
Heat oven to 400º. In large bowl, combine all pie crust ingredients. Mix well and form into a ball. Place between two sheets of wax paper and roll into 12-inch diameter for one crust. Place crust onto a 9-inch pie pan. Flute the edge. Use a fork to prick crust before baking for 12 minutes. Remove and place on rack. Reduce oven to 375º. Meanwhile, in a large saucepan, over medium heat, stir and cook apples, sugar, melted butter, flour and cinnamon for 15 minutes with lid on. Spoon mixture over pie crust. Beat cream cheese, the remaining sugar, egg and vanilla until smooth and pour on top of apples. Fold the cream cheese into apple mixture. Bake for 25 minutes or until filling is set. Cover the edge with aluminum foil. Meanwhile, mix flour, brown sugar, oatmeal and pecans together. Cut butter in dry mixture into pea-size morsels. Sprinkle this mixture on cream cheese and bake for 15-20 minutes more or until golden brown. Remove the foil the last 5 minutes of baking. Cool completely on wire rack and then refrigerate until ready to serve. Garnish with a slice of apple in the center (optional).
This pie won first place in 2010 Michigan?s Best Apple Pie Contest sponsored by the Michigan Apple Committee. From the kitchen of Kim Landhuis of DeWitt, Mich.
