Apple Frangipane Tart

Introduction
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Category: Apple Pie

Serves/Makes: 8

Difficulty Level: 4

Ready In: 1-2 hrs

Ingredients:

 * 4 ounces Neufchatel cheese -- softened
 * 3/4 cup sugar -- divided
 * 2 1/4 ounces ground almonds
 * 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
 * 2 egg whites
 * 5 sheets frozen phyllo pastry -- thawed
 * Butter-flavored vegetable cooking spray
 * 3 1/2 Granny Smith apples, peeled
 * 2 tablespoons warm honey

Directions:
well blended. Set aside. together to keep shape of apple half.
 * 1) Beat cheese at medium speed of a mixer until smooth.
 * 2) Add 1/2 cup sugar, ground almonds, vanilla extract, and egg whites, and beat until
 * 1) Working with 1 phyllo sheet at a time, coat each sheet with cooking spray, and fold in half crosswise, forming a 13 x 8-1/2-inch rectangle.
 * 2) Gently press 1 folded sheet of phyllo into a 10-inch tart pan, allowing ends to extend over edges of pan; recoat phyllo with cooking spray.
 * 3) Place another folded sheet of phyllo across first sheet in a crisscross design; recoat phyllo with cooking spray.
 * 4) Repeat procedure with remaining 3 sheets of phyllo.
 * 5) Decoratively crimp edges of phyllo crust, and spread cheese mixture evenly into crust.
 * 6) Cut each apple half crosswise into thin slices, leaving slices stacked
 * 1) Place 6 apple halves around edge of tart and 1 in the center of cheese mixture; sprinkle with remaining 1/4 cup sugar.
 * 2) Bake at 350 degrees for 50 minutes or until mixture is puffed and golden and apples are tender.

Recipe Location: http://www.cdkitchen.com/recipes/recs/192/AppleFrangipaneTart67619.shtml Recipe ID: 38388

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