Maple Cream Apple Tart

Over the last two weeks we have received two large boxes of organic heirloom apples from the farm. What a treat! For this recipe I used the yellow and green mottled Golden apples. We are not sure if these are good old Golden Delicious or Swaar/Hardwick apples. Maybe you know? This recipe makes a slightly sweep apple topped cheesecake with hints of maple.

Ingredients:
1 ready made roll out pie crust. I used Trader Joe's.
4 apples peeled, cored, thinly sliced and tossed in a bit of lemon juice
1 package of cream cheese at room temp.
1/4 cup of maple sugar + 1 TBS
1/4 Tbs cinnamon
1 egg
1/2 tsp of vanilla
nutmeg
maple syrup

Directions:

1. Preheat the over to 350
2. Whip together cream cheese, 1/4 cup of maple sugar or more if you like it sweeter. Add vanilla. Taste and adjust sugar if necessary. When you find it sweet enough add one egg and whip together until mixed.
3. Unroll pie dough and place in an ungreased tart shell.
4. use a knife to trim off extra dough from edges
5. fill pie shell with cream cheese filling
6. Toss apple slices with 1 Tablespoon maple sugar, cinnamon and a couple of grates of nutmeg (a pinch or so).
7. Bake for 40 minutes at 350.  Check after 25 minutes. If the apples are getting too brown cover the pie with foil. 
8. Optional: I reduced a bit of maple syrup and brushed over the apples when they came out of the oven. 

Let cool and then chill in the fridge. Enjoy :)